Return of The 8th Class Mage Chapter 44:
“Hmm . ”
The most refreshing spot in the royal library .
It was the area where only the Crown Prince was allowed to enter .
It was the only library that contained books that were related to the ‘imperialism’, and other princes couldn’t read such books . Learning of ruling the empire was only allowed for the Crown Prince .
“Hmmmm!”
The Crown Prince, who just became 23 years old, ‘Hayden Greenriver’ was learning it as other former Crown Princes did . From morning, he was learning foundations of reigning the empire . Although he supposed to finish these books when he was 15 years old, it was his best . He started this learning at a late age .
“So… . . Most people don’t know how to read, so does that mean they are fools? What crap? What’s wrong about not knowing how to read? This book is so mean . ”
Furthermore, he was misunderstanding what the books were saying to him .
He was still the same since he was 5 years old .
At least now, he read some books .
“Never mind! It is not a day for reading,”
The Crown Prince closed the book straightly .
Immediately, he stood up and left the library .
“Your highness . ”
The high rank servant of the royal palace, ‘Teo’, and ‘Paul’, the Vice Captain of the second royal knights approached to the Crown Prince .
“Your highness, aren’t you suppose to read the book for one hour?”
“I am, but I’m not in the mood . ”
“But you promised the Emperor……”
“Don’t worry, I will read more tomorrow . Actually, I will read it this afternoon . ”
“But… . . ”
The servant couldn’t say anything anymore .
He also knew, that it was already a miracle that the Crown Prince was voluntarily reading books . The servant had seen him for 20 years, and the servant hadn’t seen him do that .
“Vice Captain, today is the day, right?”
“What day you mean?”
“The last duel between the Captain and Ian . ”
“Ah, yes it is . ”
The Duel of Ian and the Captain .
They had done it for 5 years .
If they didn’t have any special occasion, they dueled once per week . From early morning to morning .
“They must be in the climax . ”
It was their last day of dueling .
The Crown Prince didn’t want to miss such a moment .
It was the last duel of his left and right arm .
“Let’s go . I haven’t seen it for months . ”
They were dueling at the gymnasium of the second royal knight headquarters .
With excitement, the Crown Prince was walking to the place .
“Whenever I see it, the Captain always got stomped . How about these days? Is he doing better? Or is it the same as before? If it’s same, I better go when they are about to finish . I feel sorry for him . ”
The Crown Prince asked the Vice Captain, Paul .
It was 1 year ago when the Crown Prince saw their last duel .
At that moment, Oliver couldn’t even approach Ian Page, the mighty Archmage .
“I have no idea . ”
“What, how do you not know? Aren’t you the Vice Captain?”
“The last one you saw was my last time as well . ”
“…… I see . ”
While dueling, Oliver couldn’t bodyguard the Crown Prince .
So the Vice Captain had to bodyguard him, instead of Oliver . So, since the Crown Prince hadn’t visited the dueling, the Vice Captain couldn’t see their duel as well .
“But still, anything you have heard?”
“He usually doesn’t talk much . ”
“Well, that’s right . ”
The Crown Prince admitted that quickly .
They arrived near the second royal knight headquarter .
From a distance, the Crown Prince was already able to hear a noise .
The noise caused by the conflict of two mighty powers .
“Hew…… . ”
The second royal knight gymnasium .
A man with a plate armor, Oliver, who became middle aged, breathed deeply .
They had started the duel for hours already, he was preparing his last assault .
‘This is my last chance . ’
Oliver was holding a training iron sword .
His best swords were already destroyed but he realized that he didn’t need a good sword to against a mage . Unless it wan an artifact level sword .
‘I won’t make a mistake . ’
Oliver focused by encouraging himself .
Hundreds of icicles had appeared, pointing to his head from above .
It must’ve been spells that were casted by the young man with brown long hair, who was standing at the opposite side of gymnasium .
Actually, it was just a small portion of his power .
“Gwaaaaa!”
With a battle cry, Oliver dashed to the side .
Approaching in straight line was easily blocked by opponent’s magic .
Actually, approaching from the side didn’t change the result that much either .
But Oliver did it to increase his slight chance .
*Crack! Crakckck! Craccck!*
Hundreds of icicles were falling .
Many icicles that missed the target drilled down the floor .
Some icicles that landed correctly were deflected by cheap iron sword .
However, the sword didn’t get cracked nor destroyed .
“Hup!”
Oliver suddenly twisted his body and change the direction .
Why did he do that? It was for a simple reason .
*Grrrrrr……*
The floor where Oliver was heading to, was erupted and raised and block the path .
Literally, he ‘barely’ dodged it .
If he didn’t change the direction, he definitely would’ve ran into the pillar and been knocked down .
It was a clear instinct that was taught by dueling with Ian for 5years .
‘Next is,’
But it wasn’t the end of young mage’s attack .
It was just the beginning of it .
‘Heat . ’
Oliver moved his eyes to the side where he could feel heat .
There was a pair of giant hand-shaped fires that were targeting Oliver and smashing the ground .
*Smash – !*
After he dodged swiftly,
*Smash – ! Smash – !*
An additional two fire fists were generated .
Not only that, it started to smash the ground randomly .
Thanks to that, the floor of gymnasium destroyed every time .
‘Those fire fists will disappear soon . ’
He already had experienced it many times . He didn’t need to care about it anymore . Before the opponent casted next spell, Oliver had to approach closer to him .
Without hesitation, Oliver rushed towards the mage .
Soon, fire fists that were chasing him burned out .
As he expected, actually, as he experienced .
*Spark – !*
Electric lashes were stretched towards Oliver’s face .
He easily dodged it by spinning his body .
However, a strong freezing energy that was already on the floor, the freezing grasps that were aiming Oliver’s ankle were hard to dodge . If he let it catch him, it was the end of the duel .
“No way!”
He quickly decided to give up his iron sword . Instead of his ankle, he let the freezing grasps hold the iron sword . Oliver threw away the half frozen sword without hesitation . He drew another sword from his waist .
*Srrrrung!*
There were only few steps left to reach the mage with the blue robe .
Would he make it this time?
‘I can reach him . ’
With a firm faith, he stepped forward .
A giant fire sphere blocked his path .
Actually, it tried to .
‘I can cut it . ’
The swordsman who cut down the fire sphere that was formed by mana .
5 years ago, there were no such swordsmen that existed .
But,
*Slash!*
Not anymore .
Such swordsman now existed in the world .
The captain of the second royal knight order, Oliver Raywood .
The bodyguard of the Crown Prince was the swordsman .
With a glimpse of the slashed fire sphere, Oliver could see clearly .
A young mage who was standing without making a single move .
“Hiyaaaaaap!”
A goal he had desired since 5 years ago .
Oliver shouted to achieve his goal .
A shining iron sword was aiming for the heart of the mage .
It was his finishing move that was containing the very essence of his dueling .
*Perk!*
The iron sword penetrated without any pauses .
The attack landed successfully .
A great achievement that took 5 years for Oliver .
‘…… . ’
However, Oliver didn’t smile .