The Undying Magician - Book 5 - Chapter 34
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All Across the World
Year 2851 | Month 5 | Day 17
Silence spreads across every stadium showcasing the trial the moment Nathan crashes his entire ship into the building. With the ship itself exploding upon crashing.
But after several seconds of silence, everyone in the stadium explodes into action. People roaring their applause, magicians shouting while trying to figure out what happened, and the commentators of the various stadiums shooting off to try and explain what happened.
Meanwhile the various Class S magicians across the world show different reactions as well.
Shock at the sight of the mushroom cloud left behind by whatever bomb must have been implanted into the ship before it crashed. A bomb strong enough that, when combined with the ship’s own explosion, managed to break numerous barriers and kill a Class S magician with ease. Even if said Class S magician was clearly not expecting this type of assault.
Fear at the thought of what a Class A, most likely soon to be Class S magician without any fear of death could do if he were to try attempting various supposedly suicidal attacks against them instead.
And indifference at the death of the organization itself.
The other Class S magicians of the trial, however, show genuine irritation at the sight of one of the eight slots for passing the trial already being taken within a day of the trial starting.
Leaving just seven more slots for the trial left remaining for them.
Which only motivates them to push their planning and resources to the extreme to deal with their own targets as quickly as they possibly can. Both as a matter of pride to not be beaten by the Undying Magician so badly, and to claim their own spots for the next trial.
But one Class S magician in particular finds himself laughing so hard he almost ends up coughing as Crimson stand on the balcony of his tower. Not having expected anything like this to happen.
When he set up this trial, he was expecting it to at least take a month for any of the trial goers to complete it. Most likely two months in fact.
Not less than a day.
The longer he sees Nathan, the more pleasantly surprised he is by the man. Because every time he sees him, he’s shocked more and more.
First it was his nonchalance moving through the Toxic Frosts. Then his casually watching other magicians fight the dragon, only to steal the dragon for himself.
And then it was his boldness to explore the central region of the Toxic Frosts.
Now?
His indifference as he casually climbs to his feet – with new clothes already on by the time the smoke and dust from the explosion settles enough to see him – and looks around the area. Seemingly trying to make absolutely certain the enemy is dead.
Crimson has never once seen a Class S magician die so quickly before.
The trial took longer for him to fly over to the Class S magician than it took to kill him.
And that makes Crimson laugh so hard he completely forgets that Nathan just crashed and blew up the ship he was loaned to do it.
Of course, when he does remember that, all he does is order for another ship to go and pick him up.
A single ship doesn’t matter much in the long run when it comes to an ally of this magnitude after all.
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Nathan
Year 2851 | Month 5 | Day 17
Well, it looks like that plan actually worked in the end. So that’s a nice surprise.
It was actually a very simple plan.
I just stuck a large bomb of my own making in the ship’s engine, then rammed the ship into the organization’s base.
Nothing more than that.
I tried to use some of the explosives I make against the beasts in the Toxic Frosts, but it didn’t really work very well against them. At all.
Despite having the power to kill a Class S magician, it did even less damage to the dragon than my sword did.
From what I can tell, those beasts had some sort of explosion resistance. Plus it took a lot of extended heat and my blade itself to even cut that dragon apart.
Mostly it was the blade though.
And I didn’t even bother trying to use my handmade explosives in the ice volcano. Because that just sounds like a bad idea to use those underground.
Especially when they didn’t even do shit to the dragon.
I didn’t want to get buried.
Or aggravate the hawk.
Well, anyway, after making absolutely certain that all of the magicians from that Blacklight Group are dead, I begin walking away with my hands in my pockets. Not caring about the damage to the mountain.
My bomb wasn’t nuclear after all, so there won’t be any radiation.
The nearby city is just gonna be missing half a mountain. No big deal.
On that note, I glance at the broadcasting drone that arrived after the first one, well, blew up. Only to nod my head once and turn the thing off.
There’s no reason to broadcast anymore after all. So I won’t bother with that.
It only takes a few seconds for me to receive a call from Crimson. One telling me that he’s sent another ship my way to pick me up and bring me back to the First Magic Tower. Where I’ll be able to wait out the rest of the trial in peace.
Which will be quite nice.
Just sitting in a lab working on my spells for three months.
It may just be the most peaceful time of my life.
I find myself unable to stop smiling as I walk off the mountain, only to find a new ship arriving to pick me up. At which point I jump onto said ship and head towards the lab located within it.
Because I’ve got some improvements to make to those explosives.
Fire magic is very good when it comes to making explosive magitech. But I don’t have much to go off of in terms of magitech creation knowledge, so this was a pretty good test.
I just hope this ship has some sort of protective device against them, otherwise I won’t be able to test them while on the way to the tower.
