The Guild Master of Demon Hunters that the Empire is Obsessed With

30 – Owner of the tower dreaming of the beyond (6)

The senses once extremely sensitive due to the blind gaze maintain their function even briefly after the effect ends.

So I rode my horse as fast as I could to track the mysterious waves before the aftermath was completely gone.

The waves continued out of the village and into the vicinity of the lower tributaries of the Lumiere Mountains.

We were able to arrive at the end of the wave at the moment when the aftermath of the blind gaze ended.

“Ahh… My crotch hurts…”

As soon as she stopped talking, Celestine immediately jumped up, spreading her legs and pounding her fists in the crotch.

Every time he hit it with his fist, his fleshy thighs swayed and the strong scent of the perfume wafted out.

Sup, that’s a big deal.

Why is it that only I can smell his body smell like perfume?

“What happened, Mr. Leonard?”

Captain Vivian dismounted from his horse and looked around.

“I found an unusual wavelength. I tracked it down and it cut off here.”

“A peculiar wavelength.”

Wajiseon in shallow hills.

There is nothing special about this place except that it is at the beginning of a forest where miscellaneous trees grow thick.

“There is nothing particularly visible.”

“It’s a magic wave.”

What I caught earlier in the village was a wave of magic.

Magic is a method of attracting and operating magic that exists around you.

So, if you use magic, the magical power of the location where the magic occurred is inevitably distorted.

Ordinary people can never feel it, but wizards who use magical powers and demon hunters who maximize their senses with a blind gaze can know it.

However, in the case of demon hunters, they are not well versed in magic, so they only know that there is a wave, but they do not know what kind of magic it is and where it was cast by analyzing and tracing the wave back.

If there were wizards in the guild, they would have figured out what was going on there at once.

But mages are more expensive than healers….

“Magic…? Are you saying it’s the work of a wizard?”

“I don’t know. We’ll have to find out if the culprit is a wizard, or what other wandering wizards have done to resolve this phenomenon.”

“The latter is highly unlikely.”

Captain Vivian replied in a slightly distrustful voice.

“It is absurd that these noble and well-to-do people lead a wandering life, and it is also absurd that they are trying to save a village in crisis by themselves.”

“Well, I think so too. For a mage to help others for free is like an orc becoming vegetarian or a dwarf abstaining from alcohol.”

In , The wizard is such a being.

Befitting a high-class person who uses magic, he is arrogant and has no hesitation in looking down on others.

There are some mages with good character, but that’s only a small fraction.

Most of them form a cartel by sticking together around the magic university called the ‘Magic Tower’, shouting loudly here and there.

“So you’re saying that the end of the wave is here?”

“Yes. Let’s find out if there’s anything fishy.”

Me, Celestine, Captain Vivien, and the two guards kept a certain distance and started to move forward and search.

It was not an easy task to wade through the bushes on the increasingly steep slope.

To be exact, Celestine.

Me and the men of the garrison made our way without too much difficulty, but Celestine slowed down and eventually fell behind, grabbing hold of a tree and wiping the sweat from her brow.

“I’m the secretary general. I’ll take a break… I can’t go up because I’m out of breath…”

She has been engaged as a sect saint for almost her entire life, and when she came to the guild, she ate every day and her body became heavy, so her stamina was inevitably reduced.

If I’m going to keep taking that on request, I’ll have to exercise now.

Her hands go a lot unexpectedly.

“Yes. Stay there.”

She left Celestine behind and she kept moving up.

Since the wave of magic has stopped here, there must be a wizard’s lair somewhere here.

As Captain Vivian said, I suspect that I am also part of some evil wizard’s prank or inhumane experiment.

If that’s the case, you should be punished by cutting your head.

I don’t know what level of wizard you are, but it’s not that difficult.

Even if you can’t brand the hound, if you have Celestine’s buff in the elixir, you should be able to subdue it.

“Ouch!”

Then Celestine screamed from behind her.

“Celestine!!”

She turned and ran towards Celestine.

Celestine was stomping her feet away from the tree she was holding onto earlier.

“What happened?!”

“Secretary! There’s something strange on the floor over there!”

“The floor?”

I approached the location Celestine pointed out and cleared the bush with my feet.

“Hmm? This is…”

Some artificial marks were visible on the floor.

It slowly rotated along the curve in a triple circle, emitting bluish light.

In each circle, there is one smooth circular sphere like an iron ball, and that is also the blue light of magical power.

“What?!”

Captain Vivian and his guardsmen, who had jumped down after me, drew their swords and asked, vigilantly.

“I found the mark. Celestine, how did you find this?”

“My thighs hurt as if they were about to explode, so I tried to sit down, but I ended up sitting there… Then suddenly a light came on and I was spinning around… Could it be that I was hit by that curse spell or something? My butt is rotting away…”

“That’s black magic, and it’s like normal magic.”

“I’m glad…”

Celestine sighed as she rubbed her hips with her golden glowing hands.

“Is this a sign? No, what sign does it look so good on? What trap is it?”

Captain Vivien approached, drawing his sword, squatting and peering at the mark.

“I would never have found it if it wasn’t for the light. It was drawn with branches on a grassy floor.”

“I painted it with branches, but it shines like this?”

“It’s magic. Come out for a second.”

As Captain Vivian stepped aside, he got down on one knee and studied the markings.

The mark is a triple circle.

Each circle was written with unfamiliar characters that look like graffiti to the general public.

“Is this correct?”

“That’s right. It’s an ancient word used by wizards to cast spells.”

The outermost circle contains order, discipline, control, obedience, and domination.

In the middle circle are Tranquility, Silence, Tranquility, Rest, Peace.

In the inner circle are loss, oblivion, abandonment, destruction, and sacrifice.

After hearing my explanation, Celestine, Vivien, and the guards couldn’t help but marvel.

“How does the secretary know that…?!”

“The more demon hunters know, the higher their chances of survival.”

“But how do you learn an ancient language… Then do you even know what it’s doing?”

“It’s a lock. If you unlock it, you’ll be able to enter a hidden place. It’s a common method used by wizards when building a hideout.”

At my words, Captain Vivian’s face showed a hint of tension.

“A sign that hides the wave of magic from the town where the strange thing happened and the hiding place. Doesn’t that mean that the wizard is deeply involved in this?”

“So far, I think you can see it that way.”

“Then I have to solve this… Do you know how to do it?”

That’s right. If you solve this mark, you will be able to go to the hidden hideout or to the main base connected to this place.

It’s actually quite simple to unlock this mark.

If you turn the marbles placed in each circle in order to the words set by the caster, it is over.

It’s the same logic as the number lock.

However, there is one difference from the number lock.

Number locks can be re-set if the number is wrong, but this cannot.

Because the moment you make a mistake, the trap magic activates and instantly kills the intruder.

“I’ll hit it. Everyone get down there.”

“Is it dangerous…? Then I’ll stay here and put up a shield.”

“You can’t hit the mark if you hit the shield.”

“Oh, that’s right…”

He smiled and stroked Celestine’s hair.

“I’ll be grateful for your heart. And it’s not dangerous, just in case you didn’t know, so don’t worry and go down.”

“Okay. Be careful.”

After confirming that Celestine and the guards had gone down to the horse, they knelt down next to the marker again.

It’s not difficult to solve this.

However, because magic is always unstable, strange errors can occur even if it is solved properly.

Of course, for a wizard at the level of making such a mark, the chance of such an accident happening is very low, but there is a one-in-a-case scenario.

I stretched out my hand and turned the marble in the outermost circle.

Control.

The marble in the middle circle.

Peace.

The innermost bead is.

Sacrifice.

Once all the marbles were matched, the triple circle began to rotate rapidly and spread to form a portal.

“Come up! It’s done!”

Celestine and the guards hurried up this way.

“It’s a portal. Where does it lead?”

Looking at the spinning portal, Vivian asked very suspiciously.

“The exit is somewhere on a precipice… Isn’t it like that?”

“I don’t think so. By the way, are you all going to go in? Some of you will have to stay here to keep your word and deliver the news if you can’t come back.”

“Then I’ll go in and let the rest stay.”

“Are you okay? You’re the Chief of Investigation. If something happens, the garrison will suffer greatly.”

“So I have to go. I have to check the whole incident myself.”

“And we have to monitor whether the request is carried out correctly.”

Captain Vivian grinned at the joke.

“All right. Then, just me, Celestine, and the captain will move on. The rest of you, if we’re not back by sunset today, notify the garrison immediately.”

I checked Night Rend, Elixir, and Special Oil once again.

It would be nice not to use it, but in some cases, I have no choice but to use it.

“Celestine.”

“Yes, sir.”

“I’ve been practicing for a while, can I do it? Even with people?”

“Sah, a person…?”

Celestine blinked her eyes wide, then nodded her head resolutely.

“Sure…!”

“Okay. Let’s go in.”

With me at the head, the three of us crossed the dimensional gate.