Return of The 8th Class Mage Chapter 42:
‘I never imagined myself infiltrating another country’s Ivory Tower . ’
Most of the mages headed to The Ivory Tower .
And ‘Daniel,’ a Coldwalker assassin, sneaked into the Ivory Tower .
He was very nervous .
He was inside of another country’s Ivory Tower .
Although only a few of the 1st and 2nd class mages were left, he wouldn’t have a chance of surviving confronting them face to face .
Even though he was a skilled assassin, he couldn’t do anything in that case .
‘Look at what we all did to make this tiny chance . ’
They dared to make a terrorist attack on the Greenriver Empire’s Royal Palace . For this mission, they had to stop all intelligence activities and recall all of their spies who infiltrated into Greenriver by any cost .
Cecelia’s failure was that much of a serious problem to them .
There were so many suspicious things about Cecelia’s arrest .
They had to figure out what happened to her so that they could decide on their plan .
‘Let’s try to focus on mana traps for now . ’
A narrow path to the dark side of Ivory Tower .
And mana traps were installed along the track .
If possible, he wanted to stop its function by capturing the control room, but time was short . As was trained, he had to proceed by dodging or neutralizing it . And that’s why his country chose him who was the expert on it .
‘A piece of cake for me . ’
The assassin, Daniel, quickly proceeded by dodging or deceiving the mana traps .
He was a specialist in it . Mana traps couldn’t stop him unless any guard disrupted him .
“Phew!”
The mana prison where Cecelia was kept locked up was the lowest floor of the jail . After Daniel had arrived there, he breathed a sigh of relief, while knocking the wall of the mana prison .
“Who’s there……?”
Cecelia’s face was full of alertness . The opponent was covering his face with a mask and hood . It could be a trial of the Ivory Tower, so she had to be careful .
“It’s me, sister . ”
A young man’s voice .
Cecelia quickly recognized him and made an uncomfortable face .
“Daniel?”
“You guess well, still . ”
The assassin lowered his mask and hood .
His face was covered with makeup, like a prostitute
And the makeup was melting off because of his sweat .
It wasn’t a pleasant sight to see .
“Tell me, you have something to say to me, right?”
“I, I haven’t said anything!”
The first words from her were, of course, self-defense .
It was true, though . She hadn’t said anything .
Even that she didn’t meet a man with a mask .
Whatever she said, they would ask her to explain these mana inscriptions .
So, she chose to be silent .
While she was earning some time by silence, her home country would take some action .
“I know . But not that . ”
“R, release me first! I will report straight……”
“Of course I will . But we have to move separated, don’t we? And I will arrive there first, of course . ”
To report as soon as he arrives, he asked her to give information to him first .
That’s what Daniel wanted, and was the right decision .
He had to report first, so his country could make some plan .
“T, the boy, Ian Page… . . He knows everything . ”
“What?”
“The existence of the Coldwalkers, and lists of us . ”
“…… Is that right?”
The youngest Archmage was the source of this event, as expected . Not just Daniel, but everyone who knew the existence of the Coldwalkers thought in same . However, they didn’t expect this much . How did he know their lists as well?
“Furthermore, He already knew about the mana inscriptions, that I hadn’t known about . ”
“Most of us heard it recently . Headquarter finally told us about it . ”
In whatever point of view, Ian was more than they ever imagined .
It was a serious issue for them .
“So, any other information?”
“That’s all . We don’t have a time for a chat, do we? Can we please leave now?”
“Hmm, so it is . ”
After nodding, Daniel opened the door of mana prison .
Cecelia’s face turned bright .
With few more steps, she could use magic, finally .
Unlike other trained spies, she had a stronger survival desire .
“Ah, Cecelia . ”
“Now wh… . . ”
Cecelia’s voice had stopped .
Due to a knife penetrating her thin neck .
She was still in the mana prison so she was no more than an average lady .
She couldn’t have any magical reactions, nor treatment .
*Cough!*
Cecelia laid down while holding her bleeding neck .
While smiling, Daniel lowered his body to her eye level .
“Our bosses debated about you for a long time . About the fact that you are a 3rd class mage, so wouldn’t it be better to rescue you . ”
While saying that, he wiped blood on his knife with Cecelia’s cloth .
“And this is the conclusion of the debate . Remember where we are, it is better not risk our mission for you . ”
Soon, the wall would close firmly, and soldiers would block every exits .
Cecelia was very bad at running and sneaking, so she was no more than a burden .
Even her magic couldn’t help her for this .
“So why you didn’t practice harder . You got the lowest score marks among us . ”
“Ehhhhhh……… . !”
“I already knew you would end up like this when you were arrogant with your mighty magic . ”
Daniel stood up .
There were so much more mocking he wanted to do, but he had no time .
“So, see you later . Goodbye . ”
“And you too . ”
“…… . ?”
A sudden voice of the third person .
With instinct, Daniel tried jumped away to cover his body .
“Who are…… . !”