Return of The 8th Class Mage Chapter 126:

44 The Return of a 8thClass Mage (1)

Princess Hiley had received orders from the emperor to protect Ian’s family, and that’s exactly what she was doing . Even the vice-captain Paul was accompanying them, leading the people . Their destination was the shelter not far from the palace that was only meant for the use of the royal family and the high officials .

“Ice wall!” Princess Hiley chanted and at her order, an ice wall shot up from the ground all around them . Princess Hiley didn’t hesitate to demonstrate her abilities as a 4 Class Mage and pushed back the progressing dragon soldiers . Thanks to her, it became easier leading the people .

“This way! We’re almost there!”

Paul, the Vice-Captain of the 2nd unit of the palace guards, his men and even the people couldn’t help being surprised .

Who could blame them? No one had expected Princess Hiley to turn out to be a mage . Who would have guessed? Also, judging from her powers, she seemed to be quite accomplished .

“Her… Her majesty was a mage?”

“I had no idea…”

“Then why would she… someone like us…”

The people continued to whisper among themselves .

This was new to them .

The skeleton monster’s attack .

The fact that the princess was a mage .

Even the way the emperor was putting his life on the line by intervening in the fight .

Could this be what is called a noble sacrifice of the noble class? Such noble deeds were only sung of by troubadours at a stand-up bar, or only appeared as stories in books

‘Amazing,’ Vice-captain Paul thought . Paul, the knights and the soldiers thought this whole situation was bizarre in many ways . His men were thinking the same thing as the people .

Vice-Captain Paul, however, was seeing the whole situation and thought of it differently .

‘It seems like something happened to her and Sir Ian . ’ .

There had been a rumor in the palace recently that Ian Paige, the master of the Ivory Tower and Princess Hiley Greenriver were in a romantic relationship .

That was because Ian had been entering palace more often, and most of his visits were for the princess only . Paul thought the wrong information was being spread, though .

‘Could it be because of magic?’

The meeting of the two people . Once he thought of the word ‘magic’, it all became clear to him . Their meetings would have been nothing more than private lessons . The truth of the rumor now became clear to him .

‘I’m sure he’s at least over a 3 Class . ’

Vice – Captain Paul was a bright scholar that had studied the ‘Great Battle of the Mages’ with his direct supervisor Oliver . He had special knowledge of mages and could somewhat identify the level of the princess’s class .

‘Had she been hiding this . ’ Vice-captain Paul was deep in thought, then shook his head .

This was not the time to let his mind wander .

‘Now’s not the time . Let’s focus . ’

There was one job for him to do, and that was to **** the people to safety .

He looked at the sword strapped to his waist .

The weight of his sword felt different .

“Stop!”

Princess Hiley led everyone to a stop . All this time, she had been using the Detection Spell to make note of any monsters that might be approaching, but there seemed to be a problem .

“What’s wrong?”

“Over there . There’s one coming . ”

The princess pointed to an empty neighborhood alley .

At that moment, a skeleton monster appeared into sight with the sound of thudded footsteps .

Its golden eyes and terrible-looking spearhead shone brightly . The monster looked bigger than others . There was only one though, so it wasn’t a problem .

“Is it just one?”

“With my magic, it looks like it . ”

“IF that’s the case…”

Paul took out his blade . After all, wasn’t he the vice-captain of Unit 2 of the royal knights? He had enough skill and he could even use the Mana Blade of Blood he had inherited from Oliver . One monster wasn’t a problem .

‘I’ll take care of it . ” Paul said as he approached the monster .

As he got closer, he could see its size more clearly .

It was clearly bigger than the others .

Paul called a “leader of action” for a reason

“Hyaa!”

Red blood dropped on Paul’s blade – the blade he had been inherited from Oliver .

He then started to display his excellent skills as a knight .

CLANG –!

This was strange . Although it was weaker than Oliver’s blade, Paul blade also vibrated with a blue light . It was enough to break the skeleton monster’s bones, but he couldn’t . This monster’s bones were different

Not even a crack was left, let alone a cut .

“Wha . . what the . . ”

Paul was in shock . He quickly changed his posture to get ready to defend himself from the next attack .

“Huh…?”

The Skeleton monster didn’t attack him though . Instead, it simply flailed one of its arms around . Paul could tell the monster simply thought of him as an annoying fly .

“Ugh!” Vice-Captain Paul struggled to regain his balance .

This monster was different from the ones he had fought so far – the size, strength, and sturdiness of its bones .

It surpassed all other monsters in every way .

(My goal… my duty…) The Skeleton monster murmured slowly in a small voice .

Paul and Hiley were up close, trying to deal with the monster .

The voice was only loud enough for them to hear .

(About… Page . . )

Page?

Why was ‘Page’ being mentioned out of nowhere?

Could it refer to the surname of Ian Page?

(The end . . of everything…)The monster continued .

Page had something to do with the end of all living beings .

The monster said that was their goal .

Then…

(The goal… )

The monster pointed the huge spearhead in front of them and pointed to a woman .

It was Vanessa Page, the mother of Ian Page .

(Get rid . . of her . . ) The monster muttered as if it were an order .

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website .

The princess quickly set up a Detection Spell to check whether the monsters were approaching .

“Oh…?” Her face fell .

She hadn’t been able to detect the monsters a few moments ago, and now the monsters were surrounding them from all directions .

“Sir Paul! They’re coming!”

“Huh? Where are they coming from?”

“We’ll be surrounded soon! We have to escape . . !”

However, the princess was wrong .

They weren’t getting surrounded ‘soon’

They were ‘already’ surrounded

(Our goal…)

(Get rid of them…)

(Our… duty…)

(About… Page . . )

(Destroy…)

(Everything…)

The voices were coming from all directions .

The monsters were in hiding .

They had hidden their presence and their mana .