Genius Prismatic Mage Chapter 181

#181. Forgotten Story (1)

─Lacria.

Inside the jewel.

A being that had been sleeping in the boundless sea of yellow mana opened its eyes.

The scenery outside was reflected, refracted in a dizzying manner, through the angular surface of the jewel.

Moreover, although the being had poor eyesight, he had no problem perceiving the situation.

The seal of the contract engraved on the heart.

The boy’s will was conveyed through there.

────!

The being stretched its coiled body with all its might and came out of the jewel.

I saw it.

A giant insect with its mouth wide open and countless teeth sprouting out towards me.

I was angry.

Who would dare to show hostility to an uncivilized seed that has not even reached the level of a spirit?

The being grew a body in an instant and manifested into the real world as a being with physical power.

And the next moment.

What the group witnessed was a giant snake, dozens of meters long, coiling around the sandworm’s body.

The monster of the wasteland writhe in agony as its yellow scales emit sharp electric currents.

Kkieeeeeeeeee──!

A loud, deafening cry that felt like my eardrums would burst.

At that moment, everyone covered their ears and took a step back, but they couldn’t take their eyes off the scene before them.

The battle between two giant creatures that covered the landscape was numbing to my sense of reality.

At the same time, it was enough to secrete extreme adrenaline in the body.

A nimble monster of the wilderness tried to bite the snake’s neck.

However, the snake easily evaded by moving its body as if slithering, and at the same time strengthened its body’s grip.

Wood crunch!

Kkieeeeeeeeeeee──!

The intense pressure he had never experienced before confused the monster that had reigned as the king of the wasteland.

No enemy had ever inflicted such pain on him before.

There was nothing that was not swept away by his gestures, and everything that breathed on the ground was nothing but helpless prey.

But now it was different.

The newly appeared enemy was not only larger than us, but also faster and stronger.

Can’t win. Get eaten.

At that moment, the monster realized the emotions of fear and terror for the first time in his life.

Kkieeeeeeeeeeee──!

I struggled like crazy and attempted a desperate attack, but nothing changed.

The monster was losing strength rapidly, but the snake showed no signs of tiring at all.

It was a natural thing.

Woohoo──!

A yellow mana stream extended from the jewel in the boy’s hand and connected to the snake’s body.

“… … .”

Ray was controlling the jewel’s mana and supplying it to Lakhria.

This is the reason why Lakhria is currently demonstrating skills that are much stronger than her original strength.

Of course it wasn’t easy.

The mana of the jewel is much more difficult to handle than the mana in the air.

Because every time Lakhria drew on her mana and made a big move, the boy also felt his mind waver.

It was like holding the leash of a wild beast.

How much time has passed like that?

The moment the monster stopped struggling, as if it had fallen into a state of exhaustion.

Crunch!

The snake bit the sandworm on the neck.

And then he tore it off roughly.

The monster’s flesh, filled with boiling heat, flew into the cold night air.

The snake that struck was enveloped in a halo of light and its body gradually became smaller.

The King of the Wilderness slowly leaned to the side without uttering a single cry.

Then, soon enough.

Kwaaaaang──!

It collapsed.

People’s hair and clothes fluttered wildly in the sudden gust of wind.

The enormous shock and surprise of the situation momentarily stopped my thoughts and actions.

And at that moment.

Lakhria, whose power had been exhausted, had become the size of a normal snake and was sitting on the ground.

He licked his tongue and walked towards the jewel in the boy’s hand.

That was a snake’s nest.

Full of the ultimate mana that you have never experienced before.

If you rest in that comfortable place, you will soon feel a sense of vitality and stability filling your body.

It was then that Lacrima stopped moving.

Where the snake’s head turned, there was a girl with surprised eyes.

A warm breeze, as if pouring down from the sky.

Lakhria, whose animal instincts were still strong, turned around.

“… … !”

The girl almost screamed when she saw the snake approaching her with its tongue flicking.

This was my first time seeing Lacrima in person.

This was because he spent most of his time sleeping inside the jewel, and when he occasionally came out, he acted as an invisible spirit.

‘Oh, what should I do?’

The girl was usually afraid of reptiles.

To be precise, it would be correct to assume that animals with more or less than four legs are not tolerant.

While my body was stiff and unable to move, the snake reached my feet.

He looked up at the girl as if waiting for a reaction.

‘You won’t ask, right…?’

The girl bent her knees and reached out her hand, mustering up her courage.

Swish.

A snake that naturally climbs onto your hand.

I flinched at the unfamiliar sensation of the cold scales, but soon got used to it.

I thought as I looked into the round eyes of the snake that gently wrapped its arms around me.

‘Looking at it this way, it seems cute… ? Or not… ?’

The girl who had been quietly making eye contact opened her mouth and spoke.

“Thank you for helping us.”

As the girl nodded slightly, the snake followed suit.

Then a voice was heard.

“Who are you? How come you have a piece of the rainbow?”

I turned my head.

Yeran staring at Ray.

Veronica felt a strange sense of unease for a moment, and realized that the reason was Madame Greene and her other disciple, Chepel.

The two people were silent.

He didn’t move his eyes, didn’t breathe, didn’t open his mouth, and just stood there like a doll without making the slightest movement.

The moment Veronica felt goosebumps running all over her body.

“That’s the question I wanted to ask.”

Ray answered Yeran.

The two locked eyes for a long time.

The scene also seemed to suggest that they were having some kind of conversation that was unknown to third parties.

At the end of it.

“My name is Greene.”

The first one to speak was Yeran.

As he took off his hat, his disheveled hair had changed from a dull brown to a rich emerald color.

“I come from the last forest.”

Veronica gasped when she saw the pointy ears.

*

Mrs. Greene and Chepel were transformed into green figures.

They transformed into two small animals and climbed onto Yeren’s, no, really Greene’s, palm.

Veronica whispered to Ray in an excited voice.

“That! That! I’ve seen it in the Pokedex!”

“What? Don’t hit my arm.”

“It’s a chameleon! An animal that changes its skin color depending on its environment!”

“I see. Don’t hit the arm.”

Ray gave up blocking Veronica’s palm and continued his conversation with Grinne.

“Are you an elf?”

“Yes, as you can see.”

The atmosphere of Grinye touching his own ears was different from before.

His appearance, which had seemed young, had become much more mature, and it seemed to be his real face, which had been hidden by transformation magic.

Early 20s.

The beautiful appearance, as if elaborately sculpted by a sculptor, exuded an air of elegance that was difficult to approach.

He was originally a little shorter than the average adult male.

Jang and Damper were cultured enough to know that it was rude to stare at someone’s face.

“… … .”

“… … .”

But I couldn’t catch the gaze that was irresistibly returning.

I was just in pure awe.

Of course, none of this applied to the boy.

The conversation continued directly.

“You have some fragments too?”

Grinne nodded and took out a small object from her bosom.

As the wrapped cloth was released, a green jewel of brilliant light was revealed.

Until now, it seemed that the cloth had been hiding the presence of the jewel.

Woooo …

Ray’s yellow gem.

Greene’s green jewel.

The two jewels began to shine with a resonating sound so strong that it could be heard by even ordinary people.

“Why is it like this?”

“It resonates. Because the rainbow was originally one.”

The rainbow that was once one.

Ray asked, something coming to mind.

“Is that related to the story?”

“What is the story?”

“The story of a rainbow falling from the sky and breaking into many pieces.”

“Yes, but it’s more correct to say that it came down rather than that it fell.”

Ray tilted his head.

“I don’t know what the difference is.”

“The rainbow came down of its own free will. It was not brought down by external pressure.”

“Does the rainbow have a will?”

“sure.”

The boy found conversation increasingly difficult.

I often feel like the mana of the jewel is alive, is that what you’re talking about?

“Right now, we’re talking about the most likely hypothesis that the rainbow is a jewel. But it doesn’t make sense that a jewel, which is an object, has a will.”

“Me too.”

Ray made the most incredulous face he had ever seen from Philip.

But it didn’t seem to have much effect, as Grinne just smiled.

“I don’t know much either. I only know some of the history of the old times written on stone tablets.”

“Have you ever found a stone tablet at a ruins site?”

“No. I have never been to the ruins. I am talking about the stone tablets preserved in the village. My village in the Last Forest.”

forest.

I saw it in the dictionary.

It meant a vast green space created by the gathering of plants, and the boy thought it was a word close to fiction.

‘Because of the black rain, it is difficult for even a single tree to grow.’

There is very little land within the sector where anything can take root.

Even that could never be said to have good soil, and this was not much different from the fact that it was a wilderness with less rainfall compared to the sector.

But this is a land covered with tens of thousands of trees.

None of the people I’ve ever met have ever seen a forest, and most of them don’t even know the concept of a forest.

“Is the forest a real place?”

“It exists. It’s the place where I was born and raised.”

Although there was no evidence of false feelings in Greene’s bowl… it was true, as hard as it was to believe.

‘As Philip said, a person who tells a big lie is a real conman.’

People tend to be less suspicious of stories that are too absurd.

I wonder if elves have some kind of skill in deceiving their emotions.

Ray, who was lost in thought, muttered without realizing it.

“… He seems like a scammer.”

“yes?”

“It’s nothing.”

“Look at me now and call me a scammer.”

“I said the timing was right for us to meet.”

“I don’t think so.”

Grinne continued his story, looking at Ray with blank eyes.

“The forest is real, but it’s a very rare place. Seeing as it’s called the Last Forest, I wonder if the place where my village is might be the only forest in the world.”

“I guess it wasn’t a randomly given name.”

“According to the records, yes. Do you know anything about the history of the old times?”

“any.”

Long ago, in the distant past.

According to Greene, there was a dispute among the guardians who guarded the seven pieces of the rainbow.

This escalated into a racial war.

As a result, the world was devastated, and only one forest, the home of the elves, remained.

“Of course, it wasn’t just the elves who lost their land. All races, including humans, elves, dwarves, giants, and spirits, lost their place.”

“Were there originally a lot of forests?”

“Yes. According to the records, the world was covered in colorful colors. It wasn’t a gray world like it is now. Under the clear sky and warm sunlight, deep green vegetation spread out everywhere… .”

“fraud.”

There was silence for a moment.

“Now again, me… .”

“I misheard.”

“Elf have sharp ears.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

This time, Grinne, who was staring at Ray, briefly explained why he came out of the forest.

“I came out to find my husband.”