The Undying Magician - Book 5 - Intermission 3
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The Command Center near the Eastern Coast of the Kingdom of the Fallen
Year 2851 | Month 5 | Day 11
Adalwolf Giese, the dead ruler of the Kingdom of the Fallen and teacher of the Undying Magician, feels amused as he sees the immortal boy following after a Class S magician into the large cave on the livestream. The very cave that the large corrupted dragon-like beast fled into.
That boy is growing more and more curious about his surroundings as time passes. And his traumas are beginning to gradually fade as well.
This news is great for him. Because Adalwolf’s goal is to raise a successor who he can speak with and reminisce with over the years. One who can create a new world that’ll both be interesting and more enjoyable to live in.
And that trauma would only serve as a limiter on his growth.
Adalwolf mentally smiles – since he can’t physically smile without a face and lips – as he sees Nathan on the screen.
Sure, some of those traumas are from Adalwolf’s own actions, but he felt they were necessary. Because a regular human with human strength and mana wouldn’t be enough to ensure growth and power.
It doesn’t matter if he’s immortal. Especially when he is only a Class A magician.
So physical strength was the best route to go.
And the rest of his actions were to motivate him.
Adalwolf doesn’t feel the least bit bad about any of his actions.
Other than taking over command of the war.
He feels his mental smile faltering when one of the generals of the Republic rushes into the command center he’s sitting in before saluting and exclaiming, “Your Majesty, the Violet Magician has expanded the poisonous wasteland around their territory! It’s reaching the point where we can’t cross it anymore without losing massive casualties!”
Adalwolf turns his cold gaze towards the general, but the general – formerly from the Republic and now from the Kingdom of the Fallen – doesn’t bat an eye. Because the general at this point knows that Adalwolf finds it to be a nuisance to take his anger out on others.
So he doesn’t bother.
“And Dorothy Umbra? What is she doing during this?” Adalwolf asks while tapping a bony finger on the desk he’s sitting at.
“Miss Umbra has been busy crafting potions according to the research assistance given to us by the other continents and hasn’t left her lab for days,” the Healer General answers with a slightly awkward expression on his face.
Adalwolf stares at him for a few seconds before bluntly ordering, “Then get Afvalder to drag her out of her lab and deal with this poison. Now.”
“Understood,” the Healer General answers without any surprise on his face. Since the Radiant Magician is the only one who directly counters the Class S poison magician since he isn’t affected by poison with his body largely made of light.
“And there are still no signs of the doctor?” Adalwolf asks as he briefly pauses tapping his finger on the desk, only to continue tapping again when the general answers in the negative. “I didn’t expect there to be.”
Adalwolf tilts his head down to look at the livestream again.
At this point, the majority of the Kingdom of the Fallen’s forces and its allies are all certain that the space magician won’t be leaving the Mana Plane of Space until he’s recovered enough. Which only makes things more difficult since he could appear at any moment to cause trouble.
The only upside is that the doctor is still considered to be weak when it comes to the outsiders from the other continents.
Even Adalwolf would be considered weak outside of the abandoned continents.
Adalwolf only has a little over eight thousand arcs of mana. So he’s not even as powerful in terms of pure mana capacity as the Twentieth Tower Master who visited the abandoned continents to find Nathan. Who had over ten thousand arcs of mana.
Of course, Adalwolf won’t die so long as he doesn’t run out of mana. But draining him of mana most likely won’t be an issue for the Class S magicians of the rest of the world.
That’s just how far ahead they are in comparison to the abandoned continents.
And from what he’s heard about the First Tower Master, also known by some as the Grand Tower Master, Adalwolf wouldn’t stand a chance against the man. Since the Grand Tower Master alone has over six times Adalwolf’s mana.
The thought of facing that man frightens even Adalwolf.
“You’re dismissed,” Adalwolf states without taking his gaze from the screen, where Nathan can be seen following quietly behind a Class S magician into the ice cave. “Update me on the situation once Dorothy Umbra has joined the frontline.”
“Understood,” the Healer General responds before leaving the room without another word.
Adalwolf doesn’t pay attention to him as Nathan enters a large cavern. One with a cliff looking out over another cliff looking out over a cavern full of ice and liquid.
How’s that liquid not frozen?
Adalwolf frowns at that thought.
Maybe it’s the poison in the liquid?
The water itself has the same corrupt coloring as the beasts themselves. Which may grant it an immunity to the cold.
But more importantly, Adalwolf sees Nathan looking out from a cliff at a Class S magician looking out from the lower cliff at the massive ice dragon that is as tall as the cavern as it moves towards the liquid. With the dragon itself beginning to drink from the liquid when it reaches it.
After a few seconds, Adalwolf begins to take his own notes over the beast.
Since it’s his first time seeing a dragon-like creature.
Maybe I should visit this place at some point… it seems to be similar to my own home.
Adalwolf puts that thought out of his mind as he continues watching the livestream in silence while writing notes on his terminal, only occasionally pausing to handle reports about the war.
