2024-04-28 17:15:11"What's happening today..." After Luigi spat angrily, he felt confused. He waved the paper around, but the kid didn't hurry to talk about it or beg for more time. He just sat there, looking relaxed... and strangely, he was staring at Luigi like he was a silly clown.
Luigi wanted to threaten the kid to make him beg, but he couldn't. Seeing his nephew again after so long made him feel he needed to be strong.
"It doesn't matter," he finally said. "Either you pay your debt now, or you use the house. Otherwise, I'll tell everyone at the Union. Let's see who will do business with your chamber after that!"
These words worried the old butler. Luigi's threat was scary. The chamber was struggling, but it could recover. Giving the contract to the Union would hurt their reputation.
The old butler's face turned pale, and his hand shook.
But Caster stayed calm, joking with the old butler, "I told you uncle was worried! He's already thinking no one will do business with us."
"Young Master, you joke," the old butler said, looking worried.
Caster smiled but didn't say more. He respected the old butler for staying.
"Enough with the jokes, Kid. Let's talk business!" Luigi got mad at Caster's joke. "Your father took eight thousand gold from me. You have two choices: pay now or use the house. I have other things to do."
"The house is not an option," Caster said firmly. "Your offer is too kind! I'm worried you'll lose."
Luigi ignored the joke and asked again, "So, will you pay the gold?"
"Paying back with gold isn't impossible," Caster started, then stopped.
"You really want to pay?" Luigi was surprised. Everyone knew the chamber was struggling. How could they get the money?
Luigi tried to stay calm. "That's good. Wanting to repay is best... The total is eight thousand. Go get it."
After Luigi left, Caster turned to Hisashi's two friends. "You guys still hanging around? Waiting for an invite to dinner?"
The two guys snapped out of it. "Uh, we're leaving now," one of them muttered, and they hurriedly escorted Hisashi away.
With them gone, peace returned. Caster motioned for the old butler to sit down. His bruised arm was wrapped up, causing him some discomfort. "Young Master, about the eight thousand gold..."
"Don't worry, I'll handle it," Caster said casually. Eight thousand gold wasn't a big deal for him. Even though money wasn't common anymore, he still valued it. His situation now was better than the scarcity of his old world.
But the butler was worried. "We don't have the money. We've sold everything to pay for the losses from the accident."
Caster remembered something from Sifa Spellbound's memories. "Didn't my father leave me an alchemy workshop?"
"Yes, but after the accident, all three alchemists left. Without them, it's useless," the butler explained. The alchemy workshop depended on skilled alchemists, and without them, it couldn't make enough money.
"Let's check it out anyway," Caster suggested. The butler was surprised by his confidence. Caster seemed different now, more sure of himself. "Young Master has grown," the butler thought sadly, wishing his late master could see it.
As they talked, someone came to the door. It was a young man, about twenty years old, not very tall, wearing a black gown with a wyvern on the cuffs, which was the standard outfit of Okland, the top magic school in the eastern kingdom.
He must be a student from Okland, since only mages wore black gowns.
Without waiting for permission, the young mage burst in, seeing old Pavey's bandaged arm and getting angry. "Sifa Spellbound! Look what you've done! My father has worked for your family for over 30 years, and now he's hurt helping you. Is this how the Spellbound family repays loyalty?"
"Raymond, quiet!" The old butler scolded his son, trying to explain.
But Raymond was hot-tempered. He couldn't listen after seeing his father hurt. After hearing about the sea accident, he rushed from Fallen Star Lakeside to Rebillion City. On the way, he learned that Luigi had hired Hisashi to collect a debt.
Raymond had grown up in the city and knew who Hisashi was. He stormed into the Spellbound house, seeing his father's state. His anger turned towards Caster.
Raymond always looked down on Sifa. Despite having a wealthy and powerful father, Sifa struggled as a Magic Apprentice, even with the best resources. Raymond believed he could do better.
Now a mage himself, Raymond felt no envy towards Sifa. They belonged to different worlds, as professors at school had said. A lowly Magic Apprentice couldn't compare to a mage.
"Sorry, Young Master. Raymond doesn't know any better. I'll make him apologize," the old butler said.
"It's fine. Raymond is young and impulsive," Caster replied, heading for the door. Before leaving, he added, "Raymond, your father needs rest. Follow me to the Gilded Rose."
Raymond was furious. 'How dare a mere Magic Apprentice order a mage around!' But before he could react, his father scolded him.
On the way to the Gilded Rose, Raymond didn't pay much attention to Caster. He planned to play along at first, but then taunt him when the time was right.
Raymond waited for his chance to turn the tables on Sifa Spellbound.
So, the 5th Rank Mage waited patiently. The twenty minutes almost passed, yet that troublemaker continued walking slowly, lost in thought.
‘What's he thinking about? He's just an apprentice. What profound question could he have?’ Raymond wondered, growing impatient. ‘He's stalling! He needs to ask for my guidance soon. If he waits too long, we'll reach the Gilded Rose, and there won't be any witnesses! What's the point of taunting him then?’
‘I need to bring it up myself...’ Raymond thought, then spoke up, “Young Master Spellbound, did your teacher tell you which formulas you need for forming the mana whirlpool?” He felt smug, displaying his seniority.
But Raymond waited in vain. The youth remained lost in thought.
‘This is too much!’ Raymond fumed, veins popping on his forehead. ‘I'm a great mage, yet I'm initiating a conversation with a mere apprentice like him. He shouldn't dare ignore me!’
“Hey! Young Master Spellbound!” Raymond shouted, trying to control his anger.
“Hmm? What?” Caster finally snapped out of it. “Oh, the Topha formula for the foundation, Jide for direction, and Pythan to save mana,” he explained, giving Raymond a strange look. “Isn't this basic knowledge for an apprentice?”
Raymond seethed. ‘What does he mean by that? I'm a great mage! I don't need him to teach me apprentice stuff!’
Before Raymond could think of a response, they arrived at the Gilded Rose...
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Chapter 481
The wave of decay was almost at the edge of the city. It had turned thousands of homes to gray dust. "Turn," Caster commanded the living sigil. He pushed both of his hands forward. The massive, spinning Runic Inversion Sigil flared with a blinding, incredible light.It did not shoot a beam like a telescope. It acted like a giant projector. It projected a massive, glowing copy of itself into the sky directly over the entire capital city.A giant wheel of black, gray, and silver light hovered over the falling ruins of the Sage Tower. It spun perfectly.The invisible wave of deadly entropy hit the giant, glowing sigil.And then, the impossible happened.The Runic Inversion Sigil did not block the decay. It caught the decay in its spinning gears, and it flipped it backward.It turned the law of entropy completely inside out.Decay is the process of things breaking down into nothing. The sigil grabbed that breaking energy, and it turned it into expenditure. It turned death into pure, raw
Chapter 480
"The Runic Inversion Sigil must be alive," Caster said. "It must be written in motion. It must spin."Lysane understood. Her brilliant mind grasped the complex math instantly. "A three-dimensional rune. A living gear made of magic.""Yes," Caster said. "And I am going to draw it right now."He stepped into the exact center of the blue stone platform. He stood directly under the broken brass telescope. Above him, the stars shone brightly.Caster raised both of his arms. He spread his fingers wide.He was going to do the impossible. He was going to rewrite the oldest law of nature."I need three things," Caster said. His grinding voice echoed across the mountain peak. "I need an anchor. I need a counterweight. And I need a stabilizer."Caster closed his eyes."First, the anchor," he declared.He reached into his own chest with his mind. He grabbed the new, pitch-black diamond mana core that he had forged from the Ash Plane. It was heavy. It was unbreakable.He pushed the power of his bl
Chapter 479
The Sage Tower fell. Millions of tons of pure white marble crashed into the dark earth. The noise was louder than thunder. It was louder than a hundred thunderstorms happening at the exact same time. The ground shook so violently that people in the streets of the capital city were thrown into the air.Thick, blinding clouds of white dust and gray ash exploded upward. The city was completely swallowed by the smoke of its own destruction.Deep under the mountain of broken rocks, Caster Spellbound stood in the dark.He was not crushed. The heavy marble blocks could not touch him. He was no longer a mortal man made of flesh and bone. He was a being of pure, inverted fire and dark ash. The heavy stones simply passed through his glowing body or healed themselves when they came close.He had done it. He had drawn the Unfinished Rune. He had swallowed the explosion of the Mana Core. He had saved the city from the magical bomb.His human mind was almost completely gone. He was cold. He was ab
Chapter 478
"I see it now," Caster whispered into the empty air. He sent his final thoughts up the orange rope to Lysane. "Lysane. The Tower forced the magic to stay awake. The Warden just wants the magic to sleep."“What are you talking about?” Lysane asked frantically. “Caster, focus! The core is about to blow!”"If you fight a river by building a dam," Caster explained, his mind perfectly clear and perfectly calm, "the water builds up. The pressure grows. Eventually, the dam breaks, and the flood destroys the whole valley. That is what Archmage Vane did. That is why the core is going to explode."Caster raised his hands. The pale white fire burned brilliantly against the dark sky."But you do not have to fight a river," Caster said. "If you dig a new trench... if you give the water a safe path to the ocean... it will flow exactly where you want it to go. It will not destroy the valley. It will just find its rest."“Caster, you are running out of time! Your soul is collapsing!” Lysane screamed.
Chapter 477
Lysane looked at her own hands. She did not have blue Tower magic. But she had her own life force. And she was a Master of Wards. She knew how to build a bridge."Finn," Lysane ordered. "Gather the other children. Stand back. Do not touch the orange light."Finn nodded quickly and pulled the children to the far edge of the Observatory.Lysane slammed her hands onto the stone floor. She dug deep into her own heart. She pulled out her warm, glowing orange magic."By the bond of blood and mind," Lysane chanted. She was sweating heavily. "I cast a line into the dark!"A bright, glowing orange rope of pure magic shot out of her hands. It tied itself to one of the silver lines carved into the floor. Then, the other end of the orange rope shot straight through the white starlight shield.The orange rope flew down the mountain like a shooting star. It cut through the thick gray ash.Down below, Caster was floating just above the broken roofs of the First Ring. He was looking at the massive, s
Chapter 476
Caster Spellbound floated down from the high mountain peak. He did not fall. He did not fly like a bird. He simply told gravity that it did not apply to him anymore, and gravity obeyed.He was a pillar of pale, inverted fire. The bright white flames cast deep, pitch-black shadows across the dark blue stone of the mountain. Behind him, the forty-nine giant Ashbound Sentinels marched in perfect silence. Their heavy stone boots crushed the rocks, but they did not make a single sound. They were completely bound to Caster’s new, terrifying will.As Caster descended toward the dying capital city, the world around him began to warp and change.His presence was no longer human. He had opened his soul and drank the raw power of the Ash Plane. He had become a walking dimension. And reality did not know how to handle him.A massive chunk of broken white marble, the size of a wagon, fell from the splitting Sage Tower high above. It tumbled through the dark air, spinning violently, heading straig
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