Dungeon Hunter Chapter 195:
Chapter 195: Magician of the Moon (3)
Maxium recovered his senses two days later .
In the meantime, I watched the surroundings from deep in the mountains . It was because there were demons in the surroundings .
They weren’t chasing after me . . . they were certainly looking for Maxium .
“What happened?”
Shortly after Maxium woke up .
I asked him bluntly .
His body was already dead so there was no need to restore his physical strength .
Maxium quickly kneeled down .
“ . . . I was taken by surprise . ”
"I know . But I don’t understand . A quick raid shouldn’t have done this . Did I overestimate you?”
All the soldiers were wiped out . Maxium alone survived .
No matter how high level the demons, there were few who surpassed Maxium . The one who did this . . . I couldn’t imagine .
“I’m sorry, Your Majesty . My abilities were lacking . . . I couldn’t do anything against the demon Arend . ”
“Earl Arend led the raid . ”
I was familiar with him . In the past, he was an earl who was fairly strong . He was one of the earls in Upa’s faction .
Maxium slightly raised his head . His eyes flashed as he said .
“That’s right . But there was a nondescript person next to Arend . A mighty magician with the power of the moon! An unusual magician who turned the surroundings into night in an instant . ”
Maxium had said that moments before he collapsed . I had been curious about this part .
Furthermore, it seemed like the magician had hurt Maxium .
“Give me the details . ”
"He can turn an area into ‘night . ’ The space is isolated so I didn’t notice until I entered it . And he had an invincible power inside it the area . Of course . . . Your Majesty is stronger . . . ”
In short, his abilities were to blame for Maxium not noticing the raid . This was a part that I had been dubious about .
'It means the magician is strong . ’
My eyes narrowed . A magician that used the majestic power of the moon .
It was a bit surprising . If Upa has such a person under him then they would have been advantageous in the fight against Ariel .
No, if there was such a magician then I would have heard about it . Chrisley had visited many enemy territories around the world .
‘Is there a reason why they can’t be used?’
He was called the ‘magician of the moon . ’ Anyone would have used him against Ariel . There was no reason to hide it .
Maybe . . . the magician was testing his strength against Maxium .
‘Upa . What did you do?’
I pressed a hand against my forehead . The magician of the moon was likely to be within the area of transcendence . Or maybe he could exert his strength under special conditions .
He was obtained from either a summoning or special accomplishment .
Anyway, he was certainly an unexpected variable .
"Is that all you’ve found out?”
"Arend is controlling the magician . He is always located next to Arend . ”
If I monitored Arend then I would be able to know where the magician of the moon was . However, it meant entering the ‘domain of night . ’
Maxium hadn’t noticed until he entered it .
Would it escape my detection?
‘There is nothing as difficult as the unknown . ’
I stood at the crossroads of choice . It wouldn’t matter if I ignored it . I could gain something by default . The aim was to kill the winner of the fight between Ariel and Upa . However, if Upa had a subordinate that was as powerful as a transcendent person then the game was already over .
If he sent out the magician then it would lead to overwhelming victory . Then Upa would become an even bigger opponent . It was tricky .
Cutting off the bud . . .
This was one of the options but it had to be handled quietly .
“Maxium . We need a plan to quietly bring out the magician of the moon . At the very least, a one on one fight with me needs to be created . ”
I was inferior when it came to tactics . I didn’t know much . This was a problem in the past but now I had subordinates who could do it for me . And Maxium was quite reliable in that area .
Maxium thought for awhile before opening his mouth .
"There is . . . but I require quite a few soldiers . ”
Maxium was very careful when he started to speak again .
I briefly answered .
"I can’t give you a lot . ”
Giving him additional troops was a stumbling block . Currently Upa’s demons were surrounding this area and watching .
It was fortunate that I came here with two bone dragons and two chaos soldiers . If there were more creatures then it would have been difficult to stay undetected .
“A lot of soldiers aren’t required . Quality is more important . ”
"That is a simple matter . Follow me . "
This place was inside a cave .
I led Maxium outside and slowly released a little of my magic power .
Eventually, I led him through a dense forest .
“This . . . ”
"Bone dragons and chaos soldiers . Is that enough?”
There were four high class creatures . It was enough power to capture one dungeon .
Maxium’s body trembled .
“Ahh, it has been a long time since I’ve seen them . They were there when the Emperor first created the Underground World . ”
He also knew the chaos soldiers . Maxium was the Hell Monarch’s oldest knight . It wasn’t strange .
Maxium then continued .
“That is enough . No, it is more than enough . Tying up Arend’s feet and separating the magician of the moon . . . ”
“I will leave it to you . ”
"M-me? These creatures can only be moved by Your Majesty . ”
“I will leave them to you . I will take care of the rest . ”
Maxium stared at me blankly before forming a fist .
His eyes also changed . He was full of desire to do so .
After a moment, Maxium bowed even deeper .
"New Maxium, I will follow Your Majesty’s order . ”
Arend was frantic to catch Maxium . Arend had persistently followed and harassed Maxium . Maxium was aiming for this .
"Your Majesty, please be patient . I will settle this in a week . ”
"Are you that confident?”
"It would be hard with me alone, but the bone dragons and chaos soldiers are the same as having half a million allies . How can I fail?”
It was natural that the operation would be a success .
“Then be careful . Your Majesty . The magician of the moon has strange magic . I couldn’t understand everything . ”
I wasn’t offended by his remark .
A mysterious magician who even fooled Maxium . It was enough to be tense .
“There is nobody in this world who can beat me . ”
I said confidently . In fact, those words weren’t wrong . Even if the magician of the moon showed up, I was still the strongest in this area .
“I believe you . Then . . . I will move right away . ”
I nodded . Maxium climbed on the back of a bone dragon .
The creature wouldn’t move unless I was the one controlling them . That might have been the case with the Hell Monarch but I also had the authority of the Dungeon Master .
'I can practice while waiting . ’
I had entrusted it to him . I decided to act separately while listening to periodic reports .
But I wasn’t playing around .
These mountains were remote with no humans . I would use this opportunity to review my fights with myself . I couldn’t pass up this chance .
As soon as the creatures left, I found a place where I could concentrate . There was no need to train by moving my body and wielding my sword . I only needed a quiet place to meditate .
Maxium separated the two bone dragons and used one to raid Arend’s troops . He skillfully attracted the enemies and destroyed them .
Only a few creatures could be handled at a time . However, the story was different if he repeated this dozens of times a day . Arend immediately convened all his troops and chased after Maxium .
"You are good at running away!”
The red-faced Arend shouted at Maxium who was running away . Maxium didn’t stop and quickly disappeared on the bone dragon’s back .
The speed of the bone dragon exceeded imagination . Once it started flying away, there was no way to catch it .
Nevertheless, Maxium didn’t allow himself to completely escape . He was luring them somewhere on purpose . In the meantime, the other bone dragon didn’t appear .
"If you are a knight then face me!”
“You!”
Arend was frustrated every time he nearly caught Maxium . He felt queasy every time he saw Maxium’s face .
A week passed and Arend felt desperate . He chased Maxium with his fastest creatures .
Naturally that included the magician of the moon . He was confident that he had enough troops .
Maxium deliberately allowed Arend to catch up with him .
"Your running ends here . ”
“ . . . . . . ”
“Surrender . Then I will neatly kill you . ”
"I will never surrender to you in a million years . ”
“Ha! Even in a situation like this . You keep mouthing off!”
It was clear there would be a battle .
Thousands of creatures started to attack Maxium and the bone dragon .
Arend pursued Maxium with the magician of the moon while the rest of the creatures took on the bone dragon and chaos soldier .
Just before they clashed . Maxium raised his sword and golden light shot into the sky .
“Sword!”
Kuaaaang!
The sky turned gold and at the same time, a roar was heard from far away .
Immediately . . . a dragon and chaos soldier that hadn’t been seen before appeared .
Two of each for a total of four creatures!
It was a small number but their power had doubled .
Arend only chose the quick creatures so the quality wasn’t good . Except for the magician of the moon, the strength advantage had been reversed .
“Eek . . . !”
In contrast, Arend gritted his teeth .
“You deal with that dragon . I will take care of him . ”
He wanted to handle Maxium quickly but the situation had changed . It was dangerous for the creatures to deal with the bone dragon and chaos soldiers .
Maxium smiled as he saw the magician of the moon leaving .
‘It is going as planned . ’
It was halfway there .
The bent over magician of the moon straightened . The person with tangled black hair sprang up towards the sky and revealed two completely black eyes . It was like the night had been transferred into his eyes . The face and body were so dried out that it was difficult to tell if the magician was a man or woman .
The magician of the moon started to rise into the air . Darkness rushed to him and the surrounding area became as clear night . The moon rose in the space and both black eyes began to shine yellow .
The bone dragon instantly turned around . It noticed that the strongest creature was here .
The magician of the moon stretched out his hands and the moon shone brighter .
Wiaaaang!
Light particles gathered at his fingertips . After a moment, the light split into thousands of rays . They were like shooting stars as the rays headed towards the bone dragon .
Huuuuong!
Kwarururung!
The bone dragon breathed out . It was a default skill for a dragon . The dragon’s breath was one of the top ranked skills . It was common for everything in front of the breath to disappear .
However, the starlight touched the breath and started to absorb its power . Something unimaginable was happening in front of its eyes .
The bone dragon noticed the danger, stopped the breath and descended . Creatures ran up to it but the bone dragon quickly flapped its wings and left the area of night .
The magician followed with an expressionless face . His speed wasn’t slower than the bone dragon’s .
A cat and mouse chase . The area of night also moved with him, leaving only slight starlight in his path .
The magician of the moon didn’t care as Arend got further away .
He received only one command . Deal with this bone dragon .