Return of The 8th Class Mage Chapter 47:
“Is it?”
“Yes, there is no other path connecting to the empire except the valley of the big snake . Otherwise, they have to climb over mountains, but it is not easy to move troops across the mountain . ”
Mcgedie had already become a loyal ‘guide’ of the province . Ian knew most of these facts, but there was a few pieces of information that he didn’t know, so he pretended he hadn’t been to the province .
“So the trolls we saw yesterday must have across the mountains . ”
It was nearly impossible to guard every side of the mountains from monsters . Furthermore, who would expect them to assault a supplies troop? It was weird, indeed .
‘The hobgoblin I saw before was supposed to be only seen at the great grass field . ’
Ian recalled the event at the Mogrian Province . Did that hobgoblin cross these mountains like the trolls?
‘Maybe not . ’
Ian had thought about for a moment, but soon he shook his head . There was a possibility, but it was too low . It was quite far from here to the northern territory . Any monsters who tried to cross the territory must have been slain before reaching to Mogrian Province .
“Also the Pieric land lord is fighting at the valley . He always fights at the front line as the vanguard, which always scares us . ”
Mcgedie kept up with his explanations .
The young land lord, ‘Kalian Pieric . ’
The man who was called, ‘The best warrior of the eastern territory . ’
Ian also had a talk with him in his former life .
‘It was rather a big problem that the best warrior was the land lord . ’
He always risked his life at the front lines . Although he had no reclaimer, he always fought recklessly . He was a true warrior indeed, but not a good leader while considering about the province’s future .
“Anyway, without your help, I must be in huge trouble . ”
Indeed, he must be in huge trouble .
Mcgedie had been conducted for only one year . However, in his former life, Ian was conducted to this area . It was around the end of this year in his former life . What did this mean? If Megedie had survived that ambush, Ian wouldn’t be conducted to this province .
‘He must be dead, by the trolls . ’
In his former life, Mcgedie had been killed, and there had been a vacancy in the conducted mages, so Ian had been conducted to the Pieric Province .
“I thank you again . I almost gave up my life . I heard that trolls eat human flesh, it’s so scary… . . ”
Mcgedie shook his body .
Ian saw him for a moment .
He had a soft and white face, and a small body .
Also, he wore a robe that was too big for him .
‘She costumed herself as male’
Ian already knew her secret from long ago . He had already checked the brief information of the mission . There was information about the conducted mage as well .
‘She must be having a hard time . ’
A mage got huge authority . Also, they were quite powerful . Hostile soldiers? If she wanted, she could turn them into burnt barbeque in few seconds .
However,
‘She doesn’t have any social experience . ’
Most mages were called to the academy at 12 years old, and they lived in the socially isolated academy for 5 years . Hence, most of those fresh mages had no social experience . And this 5 year conducting system was designed to cover up their lost 5 years of their social life .
‘She must be in a lot of deep pressure due to the circumstances of this hostile province . ’
It was the province where war occurred most commonly among the empire .
She must be scared by its dangerous atmosphere .
She was scared even further due to her shy characteristics .
In addition, she had been conducted for only 1 year .
‘She must have changed her appearance and voice by spell . ’
Maybe that’s why .
The reason she chose to costume as male .
It was her ‘best solution’ by her experience .
‘I don’t think it was good choice . ’
To Ian, it was her mistake . Although some soldiers might under look her, she had solid ‘authority’, and ‘magic’ . They couldn’t cross her line .
‘Rather than a man,’
Rather than a weak and coward man, it would be better choice for her to be a female . At least she would be treated well in the name of the ‘manners for a lady’ .
“There, that’s the valley of the big snake . ”
Mcgedie said while pointing to the front .
From a far distance, there was the biggest front line in the eastern territory .
Ian could reach the point quickly if he had no companions to protect .
“Wait a second, please . ”
Ian stopped the march and then floated to the sky . Then, he gathered his mana and released it to every side .
‘Detect . ’
A magic that detects any living signal nearby .
A transparent wave spread to the far distance .
It was a detect spell that was casted by Ian .
Its range was much bigger than other mages .
‘Nope . ’
There was no movement from other monsters .
After finish detecting, Ian came down to the ground .
“I will see you guys there . There is no monsters nearby, so don’t worry . ”
Soldiers were embarrassed when they heard Ian leaving them behind, and relieved when they heard that there were no monsters nearby .
It was only Mcgedie who looked sad still .
‘It was a good moment… . ’
Mcgedie felt sadness .
With Ian around, the soldiers showed respect to her as well .
She hadn’t received such respect since she had been conducted to the province .
Her dreamlike moment had ended shortly .
“See you there . ”
Ian flied to the valley of the big snake .
His mission was to ‘finish the issue of the eastern province . ’
By any means necessary, he was ordered to solve this problem .
Whether slaying every single monster or finding out source of the issue and destroying it .
The valley was the debut stage of Ian Page’s mission .