Return of The 8th Class Mage Chapter 49:
There were various methods to threaten people .
Such as magic on a tremendous scale that would cause them to **** themselves .
However, Ian chose to ‘conjure a spirit’ .
“S, spirit… . . ”
The reason was simple .
His opponent conjured a copied version of a spirit .
The first reason was that Ian had felt competitive .
The second was,
“Dear fire spirit!”
He knew the religious characteristics of the aborigines quite well .
To them, spirits were treated as Gods . Even the election process of the King of Shamans was related to spirits . A shaman who could conjure a ‘real’ spirit was elected as the King of Shamans . From the point of view as a mage, they were only around the 3rd class .
‘It must be their first time seeing a salamander level spirit . ’
To the aborigines, a shaman was a king, and the messenger of God . That was the reason, that Ian had summoned this giant flame lizard, ‘salamander’ . It was the most effective spell to the aborigines more than others, spiritually, and visually .
‘I didn’t expect them to be this astonished, though . ’
Ian just tried to threaten them .
However, they were kneeling down and started bowing,
As if they had met a ‘real God’ .
“Dear fire spi……”
“Stop . ”
By Ian’s order, the salamander breathed out . Even its single breath burnt down the grass underneath it .
“Now can we talk?”
The bent down aborigines looked confused . They were isolated from society for a long time . Since they had observed a greater spirit than their King of Shamans, they couldn’t think properly .
“The spirit is asking through me . ”
“Yikes!”
It was very effective .
“Where is the King of Shamans, actually, why are you hiding him? You better tell me the truth . ”
At last, the old fake King of Shamans came out and bowed down . He must be one of the high rank shamans so he was doing the King of Shaman’s job, which was similar to an Archmage for the aborigines .
“T, the King of Shamans is not in the village . ”
It was the expected answer .
Their action had proved his words already .
They were creating some kind of plan .
It must be the plan of the King of Shamans .
“Give me the details . ”
“F, for the details, we have no idea… . ”
“The spirit is furious . ”
“S, spirit… . . ?”
By Ian’s gesture, the salamander shook its head curiously .
Ian had to show the salamander by raising his head and pretending that he was breathing fire . Then the salamander understood Ian’s intention and started to breathe fire in the sky . That was the proper expression of ‘fury’ .
“I, I will tell you!”
With this scene, the aborigines’ bodies started to shake .
It would’ve been no different to normal imperial men . Imagine giant flame lizard spreading fire on the sky . Furthermore, aborigines believed in spirits .
“The King of Shamans said that h, he is opening a path . ”
“Opening path?”
“He told us that he found a new plan to conquer the northern monsters and open the path between other strong countries…”
“Plan?”
“W, we do not know what the plan is . He just told us that he had a plan, and headed to the north, and he substituted me to do his job . That’s all I know, I swear . ”
The old man desperately claimed that he wasn’t lying . However, Ian’s interrogating spell was revealing that the old man was saying a lie . The old man must know what the ‘plan’ was . It must be some plan that wasn’t pleasant to the empire’s men .
‘A plan to conquer all monsters?’
Ian had almost solved the puzzle . Those monsters acted intelligently, as they were ordered by someone . If assuming that the King of Shamans managed to control some actions of those monsters, it started to make sense .
‘He may be using the border lines to reduce their numbers . ’
Sending monsters to the three countries’ border lines .
Endlessly, with deception .
Then, the three countries would act sensitively, wouldn’t they?
They would focus their forces on conquering all those monsters .
‘Falling into his lap . ’
The consumption of supplies and sacrifices was the responsibility of those countries .
It was a decent plan, indeed .
In the point of the aborigines’ view, of course .
‘And it will actually happen soon . ’
Ian knew the brief historical flow after this event . Three countries would soon hold their meeting, and form a united monster conquering army . As the King of Shamans wished, most of the monsters were eliminated from the Great Grass Field . But,
‘The aborigines become their slaves . ’
A ‘new path’ wouldn’t be constructed . Rather, those countries divided this resourceful aborigine’s land into several pieces, and enslaved these aborigines .
‘It will happen in future after a while, though . ’
Anyway, it wouldn’t change their future .
Ian leered at the old man .
Then, he spoke quietly .
“He found an incantation that controls the monsters, hasn’t he?”
The old man’s body shook greatly .
It seemed Ian got the point right .
“What kind of incantation is it?”
“…… . . ”
The old man’s face turned pale . The opponent was the one who conjured the ‘real spirit’ . Furthermore, it seemed that he could see through his mind and find out the truth . If he kept lying, he couldn’t guarantee the future of his life and these tribes .
“…… . . The King of Shamans had learnt the incantation from a woman, who had white skin like you . ”
“Woman?”
“The King of Shamans just called her a guest, and she left after a few days . A few days later, our king scripted such a formula on his staff, and then headed to the north . T, trust me .
That meant this event wasn’t planned by the King of Shamans alone . If the woman had white skin, she must come from an Empire or Principality .
“Hmm . ”
Ian had imagined a few guesses and possibilities .
But soon, he decided to solve the problem he faced right now .
‘He is not telling a lie . ’
So there was only one way to solve this problem .
Firstly, he had to find out where the King of Shamans, among those tides of monsters were .
‘Next,’
Whether killing him or stopping him, Ian had to release those monsters from his control .
The method was simple .
‘It is rather the problem on how to find where he is and approach him . ’
Ian **** his long hair .
Now the solution was clear .
It was the time for action .
“Thank you for your help . ”
Ian treated them politely, again .
There were no businesses left with the aborigines . He didn’t even care enough to punish their rudeness . He got what he needed, and the staff must be with the King of Shamans .
“That man may need some treatment . ”
Ian dismissed the salamander, and pointed to the man that Ian had defeated with his sword .
“Excuse me then . ”
Ian was raised up to the sky . Conjuring a real spirit already shocked them, but now Ian was flying . The aborigines were astonished again .