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Episode 123: The Lost Phoenix -3-
“Are you a Japanese sect?”
I asked, my voice cracking.
“Rice, it’s nothing special.”
Kim’s magic was somewhat muddled.
Well, I’m an outsider.
You probably don’t want to reveal the secrets of the rooftop to outsiders.
“Master Mukho Sword, can you catch a few more phoenixes for me? Grandfather will know when he sees them.”
“Yeah.”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
I caught a few more phoenixes.
Even though they hid, the baby phoenixes have the intelligence of beasts.
After being hit by my bullet, I ended up falling down.
The sealing was done by Kim Magic.
Although Kim Magic is no longer a wizard, he knows how to make simple seals.
He took flight, carrying the Phoenixes on his Red Cougar.
Kim Ma-beop picked up his smartphone and let out a sigh of relief.
“Grandpa also got rid of the phoenix. He said to meet him at the magic tower.”
“How did you do it? If you’re like the Phoenix, you must be incredibly smart.”
“You used a clone.”
“A clone?”
“Yes. It’s a clone that has the same abilities as the original for exactly 3 minutes. But it dies after 3 minutes.”
There is everything in this world.
I pushed the throttle all the way forward.
The red cougar flies gracefully.
Even though it was the same top speed, it was different when Kim Magic was driving.
It was crossing the Korean peninsula like the wind, following the air currents without any vibration or noise.
It took about 20 minutes to get back to the Sun Tower.
We returned to the dedicated parking lot for the rooftop terrace.
As I opened the door and got out, Matapju greeted me with a big smile.
“You’re here? As expected, Mukho Sword Master, you’re the lucky one for our tower! You’re like the future CEO of Taeyang Security!”
“Future president, huh? That’s a shame. I’ll make a really big wish.”
“Hey, I don’t know what my son did. He should have had a daughter instead of just a son!”
“Are you kidding?”
Seong Hee-young’s greedy eyes came to mind and my body trembled.
Matapju laughed loudly once and then completely erased the smile.
His eyes were fixed on the baby phoenixes that Kim Magic had brought down.
“You found traces of the Japanese school?”
“Yes, Grandpa.”
The eyes of the towering eagle shine like the sun.
The beam of light shot from there swept through the baby phoenixes.
The baby phoenixes wake up and cry sadly, but there is no mother to save them.
The tower guard, who had been observing for a while, became furious and stamped his feet.
Krrrr!
The entire parking lot shook as if there was an earthquake.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
Dozens of luxury cars honked their warning horns simultaneously.
“grandfather!”
When Kim Magic shouted seriously, Matapju also regained his composure.
“Oh. I got a little excited. Anyway, this damn magic circuit is said to cause people to have anger management problems. I confirmed it. I know who the culprit is.”
“You knew? Who are you?”
“Of course it’s that b*tch. I treated her like the head of the school and turned a blind eye to her breaking the tower’s laws, and now she’s trying to grab my hair!”
Kkwarreung!
I thought he had cooled down, but I guess I was mistaken.
The voice of the top priest gradually grew louder.
Traditionally, they would scream loudly, their blood vessels rising, as if thunder were exploding.
The air was shaking, my eardrums were ringing, and my head was spinning.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The cars were vibrating so much that their windows were breaking.
A red sports car, a white SUV, and a black sedan – the only three cars that are completely different from each other at first glance are intact.
The top priest shook his hand greatly.
“Follow me! I’m going to use this opportunity to kill this bitch!”
The top of the tower rose up.
His entire body is engulfed in flames and he races like a meteor.
It was incredibly fast as it sped out of the parking lot, ripped open the elevator doors, and flew down the elevator shaft.
I managed to catch up with the air raid, but Kim Magic was panting and shouting from behind.
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“Grandpa! Let’s go together!”
Of course, Matapju didn’t care.
As expected of a fire attribute wizard, his eyes have already turned red.
“Cho Ok-bun! You bitch, get out now!”
Matapju shouted in front of the large door.
I glanced at the nameplate in front of the door.
[Elder Cho Ok-bun]
That is, Elder Joe.
I have also pointed out that the person I suspected from the beginning, Matopju, is the culprit.
Matapju held the baby phoenix in his hand and shook it back and forth.
“You little bitch, are you trying to eat it all by yourself? You were just cracking pumpkin seeds at the elders’ meeting! Come out now! If you don’t come out, I’ll kill you!”
The voice is as loud as if it had been boiled in a train car.
The elders’ office is located on the upper floor of the tower, and it is visible from the lower floors as well as the underground research lab.
Noise-blocking magic circle?
It’s no use.
A level 8 wizard is bursting out with magical power in his voice, as if he was shouting after a lion.
“Why are you doing that?”
“Your Majesty, what happened?”
Another elder’s office door opened and the old wizards popped their heads out.
The young wizards who appeared to be his disciples and grandsons were also casting curious glances.
The towering phoenix, unable to control his anger, threw the baby phoenix to the ground.
With a bang, the Phoenix burst into flames.
“If you have eyes, come and see! Elder Cho, what that bitch has done!”
The wizards gathered together, noisily.
A wizard who uses detection magic.
A wizard who confirms by directly blowing magic power into it.
The methods were different, but the conclusion was the same.
“Is this eclipse magic?”
“There are traces of fire magic being stolen.”
“That’s very typical.”
“But what does this mean?”
“What the heck! Do you know where he got this from? It wasn’t the black market, nor our magic tower! This silent sword master found the new Phoenix Valley where the Phoenixes moved and brought it!”
“The new Phoenix Valley?”
“Huh, then… … .”
“The sudden disappearance of the Phoenixes was because of the Eclipse School?”
“Come to think of it, it’s been hard to see Elder Cho on the rooftop lately… … .”
“The Japanese school guys used to disappear a lot because they applied for vacation.”
The wizards faced each other.
If we’re talking about intelligence, wizards are the best.
There was no need to explain further about Matapju.
Because I’ve already figured out all the circumstances.
“Elder Joe! Elder Joe!”
“Open the door!”
“Come out!”
“Are you going to stay inside forever?”
The roof tiles are stuck to the door of the elders’ office even though they weren’t even called.
Some people were shouting loudly, while others were pounding the door as if they were going to break it.
But there was no answer.
The magic spirit that was managing the elders’ office also did not answer.
“Everyone get out of the way!”
Finally, Matopju, whose face turned pale, stepped forward.
There is a fire burning in my hand.
With a light swing, the door that had seemed solid suddenly turned to ash.
The magic circle inside sparkled as if it was going crazy, but it quickly melted away.
Papa Pot!
Security magic is activated.
A bolt of flame strikes from within.
The pillar of fire rising from beneath my feet seemed ready to set the world on fire.
The top priest laughed.
“It’s nothing!”
It was a carefully set trap, but it was useless.
Because the whole structure collapsed at the slightest wave of the rooftop.
I was inwardly amazed.
‘The magic tower is the magic tower.’
It was visible because of Geumoan.
How the magical waves spreading from the fingertips of the Magic Tower cancel out magic.
How to intervene in a complex magic formula and cause a chain reaction that ultimately destroys it.
It was a skill I could never imitate.
Thud thud.
The top priest entered the elders’ office.
A splendid space that appears to be hundreds of square meters in size.
The furniture and decoration were luxurious.
It felt more like a top-class hotel suite than a presbytery office.
A space where magically realized astronomy rotates on the ceiling.
At the end, among dozens of astronomical telescopes, sat an old man.
A 70-year-old grandmother wearing a stylish gray suit.
The golden hairpin stuck to her side of her head strangely catches the eye.
Could it be because of the magical waves emitted by the hairpin?
Matapju sat down on the chair in front of Elder Jo.
“If you were inside, why didn’t you answer?”
“Because it’s tea time.”
“You crazy bitch. Since when did you start drinking tea like that?”
Elder Cho did not answer, but elegantly lifted his teacup.
Judging by the smell and color, it’s black tea.
But, but… … .
Something is strange.
It looked like a regular fight between wizards, but a strange sense of discomfort was creeping up on me.
[Gunman][Shooting][Aiming]
[sixth sense][insight][concentration]
My current trait is this.
It’s the same as hunting phoenixes.
My intuition was whispering something to Elder Cho, the golden hairpin, and the teacup with black tea.
If you use bright eyes, a nose, or detection, you will know for sure… … .
Unfortunately, the tower next to me is on my mind.
Even now, they’re trying to make me the president of Sun Security, so I don’t know what they’ll think when they find out about the trait transfer.
Surely you won’t rush to dissect me?
WHEEK!
The tower guard reached out and pulled the phoenix’s corpse.
“Explain it.”
Then he completely buries himself in the sofa and assumes a relaxed posture.
An attitude that seems to let one’s guard down, but is not.
Even though his body was loose, the magical circuit reflected in Geum-o-an was running fiercely.
Elder Joe looked at the corpse of the Phoenix and said:
“It was out of the calculations.”
“It was out of the calculations?”
“Yes. You didn’t think I was the only one who hunted the phoenixes, did you? It wasn’t just me. All of our proud elders of the Magic Tower caught the phoenixes. Go to the elders’ labs. There will be many phoenix corpses stuck in there. I just followed the trend and hunted a few to absorb their magic power. I’m better off. I only absorbed their magic power, and I didn’t hunt them like the other elders.”
“Hmm, ahem ahem!”
“Ahem!”
The wizards who followed coughed in vain.
The magician looks around at the magicians as if he is amazed.
“These humans, I told you so strongly, but they poached the Phoenix? I told you! The Phoenix Valley is the goose that lays golden eggs! Are you just going to cut open its stomach?”
“Ha, but Lord Matap. The number of phoenixes you gave to humans was too small.”
“That’s right. Whose nose are you going to stick with just three of them?”
“I need to make a pyromancer! Do you know how many hundreds the waiting number is?”
“Still, it’s too little.”
“Now that I hear it, I understand Elder Cho’s situation. To be honest, I also picked up a few phoenixes.”
“Haha, this is true.”
So you’re saying that this incident happened because the phoenix was caught at the Sun Tower and the elders caught it again?
It was a convincing explanation.
How greedy must wizards be.
The phoenix, said to be the closest of all divine beings to the sun.
If you let the opportunity to study it to your heart’s content fly by, you won’t be qualified to be a wizard.
The moment I tried to understand it and move on.
I saw.
Elder Joe’s eyes were as clear as glass.
Eyes that feel no emotion.
The eyes, which appear empty and colorless, appear to be unfocused.
Even when looking at the top of the mountain or at me, he doesn’t show any emotion.
That’s weird.
After we got entangled last time, you would frown and openly show off your dislike whenever you saw me.
Especially this time, since he even killed his own disciple, it would be normal for him to openly threaten me with murder.
When I think about this, one thing comes to mind.
Considering that I only hunted a few, there were quite a few phoenixes that were scurrying around.
At least a few dozen.
In terms of percentage, it is more than 5% of all the phoenixes.
‘Why did you lie?’
Maybe we can buy some time by riding a water bike.
But Matapju is not stupid.
If you grab each one and investigate, you will get the answer right away.
Who caught so many phoenixes?
Instead, it will take time.
We’ll have to investigate the people who have been coming and going from the Phoenix Valley.
‘Time, time… … .’
My head was throbbing.
I drummed my fingers on my thigh and concentrated as much as I could.
Equipping the Focus trait while hunting the Phoenixes was a stroke of genius.
My mind became as clear as a lake, and I caught the inspiration that was about to pass by.
“ah!”
Recent events are connected in a tangled pattern.
A clash between the chairman of the Kumoh Group and Taeyang Matopju.
A banished wizard who appeared as a magician.
The phoenixes have been overfished to the point that even the Shinsoo Phoenix has noticed.
And the very suspicious Elder Cho in front of us.
Solar crows and solar power circuits.
Reinforcement troops and magicians.
All of this points to only one thing.
As soon as he grasped the situation, he looked at Matapju and said.
“Lord of the Tower. That’s salty.”
“what?”
“It’s a clone. It’s not the main body.”
The top of the tower bounces up from its seat.
Elder Cho pursed his lips and smiled.
“I got caught. How did you know?”
“I heard about the clones a little while ago. If I hadn’t heard, I wouldn’t have known.”
“The acting was perfect?”
“Your eye acting was a bit awkward. The same goes for the Phoenix. I checked the Phoenixes myself, and almost 5% of them were trembling due to the eclipse. That’s why I was sure.”
“You confirmed all that? How?”
Was that a lie?
Well, I guess they didn’t do a full survey, so they probably didn’t know that the percentage of phoenixes hit by an eclipse was that high.
Matapju revealed his teeth and pulled out his pistol.
“This bitch is toying with me as a clone? Do you even have two lives? If you get hit like that, won’t it hurt?”
“Huh. Well. We’ll have to wait and see who gets hit.”
Elder Cho took the hairpin off his head.
Magic power runs wild.
Blue veins appear all over his face.
Eyeballs that bulge out like bulbs.
It was just as I expected.
Both black tea and golden hairpins were a kind of suppressor.
To keep the clone alive for as long as possible, but with a lifespan of only 3 minutes, while maintaining the same performance as the original.
“under…….”
Matapju shook his head.
“I heard you said you were going to drink black tea, which you never used to drink.”
The battle ended blandly.
Even if the ability is equal to that of the main body, it is only level 7.
The Matapju was a fully-grown level 8 and was at the top of all schools within the Sun Matap.
Even the Eclipse magic, which was a flame magic stealing magic, did not work on the Magic Tower Master.
Elder Joe lay on the floor, his face distorted in a grotesque way.
“Huh, huh… … It’s already too late. I can feel it… … My body is starting to become conscious… … .”
Perhaps a ritual to upgrade to level 8.
Originally, something that should be celebrated and supported throughout the entire Sun Tower.
However, the face of the tower guard had changed into that of an evil spirit.
“So you’re going to do that after all? That forbidden ritual?”