Return of The 8th Class Mage Chapter 166:

“Let’s get out of here for now . ”

Ian’s quiet voice was heard .

The situation inside the cave has been sorted out that way .

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“Dra-dragon!  Breath!”

(Grrrr! Grk!  Grrrraaaa-!)

The battle at the entrance of the cave was hundred folds fiercer than the inner cave one, as far as the fighting was concerned .  Furthermore, they were being pushed back .

Although the six dra-dragons were very strong, it was impossible to take on all the gargoyles that were charging in droves with no regards for their own lives .  Ultimately, the rear line was left in charge of the fairy clan and Helenelia, but that’s where the problem began .

(Haaaaa!  Hah!  Phew… . . !)

Unlike the six dra-dragons that possessed unlimited stamina, and the masters who possessed un-diminishable life force, the fairy clan and Helenelia were ‘life forms’ .  That was, there were limits to physical and mental stamina .  It was no wonder that they were getting sick of the endless waves of gargoyles’ onslaught, as well as exhausted .

(For crying out loud, how much longer… . . !)

Breathing coarsely, Helenelia, once again, went on the gargoyle hunting .  Before she had departed, she even downed a bottle of harp elixir that Ian’s alchemists had prepared for her .  Although it helped, it was still difficult .

(Was there a problem?)

“If so, everyone has no choice, but will die . ”

Jervio replied to Helenelia’s murmuring .  He was directly blockading the gargoyles himself, after having gotten off the dra-dragon’s back .  Although he wasn’t as good as Oliver, he was rather masterful in his own right .

“Ah, you guys .  We are not able to die .  I envy you . ”

Jervio hurriedly corrected his words .  The two hatchets in his hands were hacking the gargoyles’ bodies .  He had handedly performed the work of one man .

(The queen is on her way!)

Then a several members of the fairy clan shouted .  They were the members who were able to communicate telepathically with the queen, and soon everyone began to see a hope .  If they were to join forces with Ian and Evantus’ magic, the pendulum of victory would easily swing in their favor .

“Please move . ”

However, the situation has turned differently from how everyone thought .

Evantus was half unconscious and being helped by the Fairy Queen, and Ian, too, was projecting somewhat of a different ambience .  No matter what, they were expecting the two to be immediately using magic, but not even mana was being gathered, let alone, initiating any magic .

“Have everyone move out .  Everyone . ”

Instead, the king of the gargoyles was flat on the ground, being dragged by Oliver’s hands .  There was a sword which was pointed on the back of its head as well .  Since the difference in size was enormous, it was impossible to handle it like a human prisoner .

(Krrrrkk… . . ?)

(Krrr!  Krrrk!)

 

At the gruesome sight of the king, the gargoyles hesitated .  Even the ferocious movements, filled with madness, have stopped .  It wasn’t simply because he was a member of their kind, or a king .  But, it was only because of the after-effects of the small control, which only the king could exercise .

“Good… . . Do not stop . ”

Ian whispered into the king of the gargoyles .  The only way to escape was by threatening the bastard, like this way .  It was because, at this time, portals, teleportation, or even a broad scale magic to open a passage weren’t possible .

(Krrrrkk… . . !)

All round the entrance of the cave, and even the sky .

The gargoyles that had filled every passage way .

The **** began to move away slowly .

Unless something else happened, there will open up an escape route, soon .

‘Even though the **** had wings . ’

As long as they were under the control of the dragon, they would not go out beyond the mountain range to terrorize .  Unless that was the case, there was no way that they could have remained so calm, even to this day?

“We are going to escape .  Please be ready . ”

“You cannot open a portal?”

“It is difficult at this time .

Ian replied to Bertholdo, the tailor’s question .  He was given unlimited mana, how was it that it was difficult?  There were questions, but he decided not to ask .  It wasn’t the right time to ask detailed questions?

(Kkkkk!  Kkkk!   Kkkk!)

That’s when something else happened .  The captured king of the gargoyles made strange sounds .  It was as if he was laughing out loud .

“… . . ?”

Ian and Oliver felt something strange as well .

They immediately checked on the bastard’s face .

“No!”

The **** was damaging the dead bodies of his clan, which were spread all around, on the ground .  The reason was simple .  It was so that he could pick out the ‘eyes’, which was the source of the gargoyle’s unique ‘petrification’ power, and holds the power of no dimension .

“Eyes… . !”

However, it was already too late .  The **** has already absorbed the powers that were contained in the eyes .  As a proof, the bastard’s body began the process of petrification .  The ‘king’s petrification’ which even the dragon could not destroy .

‘No . ’

It was at the moment of when the king of the gargoyles no longer became a prisoner .

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website .

(Krrrrraaaahhhk-!)

Just before the final stage of petrification, the **** let out a frightening shriek .

At the same time, the retreating gargoyles began to charge again .  It was because the weak control has dissipated .  At this moment, they were nothing, but mad monsters .

Although they lacked the character of harmony, in order to crush Ian and his team who were before their eyes, they might even form a temporary team .

‘Who would have thought that such thing was possible… . .

Ian ground his teeth .  He regretted big time .  It was ‘complacency’ that was the problem, from allowing accompanying petrification to happen, to now .  That was, it was the problem, resulting from the complacency that he had .

‘Something, something must be done… . . !’

It was then .

Including Ian and his team .

And the countless number of the gargoyles, too .

A sound that attracted their attentions was heard .

Koookoookooooooo-!

Shaking the entire mountain range with its thunderous roar, and dare to describe it, ‘a sound of something enormous endlessly spinning’ was approaching from the distant sky .