Return of The 8th Class Mage Chapter 115:
It was right then .
A voice came from one of the ruined sites .
Ian immediately responded to that voice .
At the same time, he gathered significant amount of mana .
He was fully prepared for a fight .
‘It’s not human . ’
Ian knew that as soon as he heard the voice . It was so, for the obvious reasons . The seer detection spell is a magic that allows sensing the flow of mana and all life forms within the range, yet no information on ‘life forms’ from that spell has been detected . So… . .
‘It was not a human, monster or anything else . ’
Human, monster or even a dragon .
They all cannot transcend the range of ‘life form category’ .
Something that stood fine even having bypassed the range of that category .
The entity that can move and speak in such a manner .
There is only one entity like that .
‘An Undead . ’
An undead that has been reborn through black magic .
That was the only conclusion he could draw .
“Lift your guard . This place is home to me and my kind from long ago . If anyone should be vigilant, it should be us against an uninvited intruder . ”
“… . . ?”
Ian narrowed his eyes upon hearing the voice, thought to be, of an undead man . A man that meets many characteristics of the descriptions in the diary . That is, with the description of ‘master craftsman’s characteristics’ recorded in Mitchell Greenriver’s diary .
‘Black hair, pale skin and the cunning voice that does not mesh with its appearance . ’
Everything matched up from one to ten .
It was the time to verify the last characteristic .
“I’ve come to this Knocking Island with that child’s request . ”
Ian purposely spoke in the language of the Greenriver Empire .
“Child? That child, who is sleeping?”
In response, the man thought to be an undead spoke in fluent language of Greenriver Empire . There was not even a trace of insufficiency . Ian was certain although they have only exchanged words just twice .
This man, he must certainly be closely related to the said master craftsman in the Greenriver’s diary .
“And yes, I’ve come to seek you as well . ”
“… . . Do you know me?”
In response to that question, Ian took out the diary of Greenriver and a stone that had Craven’s message from the spatial pouch .
“I’ve seen the written record of you in this book . Do you remember the name of Mitchell Greenriver?”
“Certainly, he is the fellow that granted me a difficult favor . ”
“This is the diary of that sorcerer . And . ”
After closing the diary, Ian showed Craven’s message .
“And this is the message that this child has left . ”
The man who received Craven’s message .
He surveyed Craven’s face .
“A-ha, it’s him, Craven . ”
Finally, the man nodded his head .
He must have finally recognized Craven .
“I’m sorry that your visit may be in vain… . . ”
The man murmured as he looked at Ian .
“Do not wake up that child . ”
“Is there a reason?”
“There will only be disappointments . ”
Ian was very perceptive . Craven’s message indicated that he could not die even if he wanted to die and that the man that watched over this island was certainly an undead . There was also a very high probability that Craven was also an undead .
“Are you all undead?”
“Similar . I mean, we could be perceived that way . ”
The man acknowledged without much hesitation .
He could feel mixed emotions of both reluctant acceptance and pain in that short answer .
“As far as I know, undead is an invincible entity, but understand that there is a way to become extinct . ”
The method could be cruel, but it was certainly possible . As Ian had destroyed Herbert, the former tower lord of the Ivory Tower, who was reborn as an undead, there existed a way of incinerating the body parts .
“I also thought so . ”
But the man’s response didn’t seem that way .
“To Mitchell Greenriver, the sorcerer, I’ve repeatedly asked him for the same thing . That I wanted to die now, so do burn the pieces of my body . He rejected it many times, but honored my request in the end . ”
It was a request of the ‘master craftsman’ that did not appear in the diary .
It was understandable that it was not mentioned at all .
Wasn’t it a truly cruel act?
“I thought that I could die forever with that . ”
The man shrugged his shoulders when he said that .
He was eventually reborn was what he meant to say .
“Death was just my, but all my kind’s objective . That is, for everyone that had lived on this island . We went out to find a way to die and bring it back, but nothing even to this day . Craven must be hiding inside his memory, unable to handle the situation . ”
Hiding behind his memory .
It must mean that he has closed off his original memory .
It was the reason behind the multiple personality condition .
As he may have lived in many countless forms .
“… . . ”
Ian fell into a thought for a moment .
Find the master craftsman and make the artifact .
That simple beginning has become very complicated .
What should I ask that man first?
“… . . Fran . ”
It wasn’t too difficult to find the right answer .
The name stayed with him from the moment he’s heard it .
I must ask the true identity behind that name .
“By any chance, do you know someone by the name of Fran?”
“… . . !”
The man’s consistent dryness in expression has suddenly wiggled . It indicated the importance of the name Fran .
“Has Craven told you of that name?”
“He has often comeback as a normal personality . It was the name that he had referenced . It is that Fran is also an important name to me that I’d like an answer if possible . ”
“Hmm… . . ”
The man frowned upon hearing that .
He also began to look around here and there .
Everything from Ian’s toe to the top of his head .
His eyes rested, more specifically on Ian’s hair .
“Now I look at it, you appear somewhat alike . ”
Ian felt his heart pump loudly .
That was because the word alike carried a lot of weight .
“By any chance, are you also a sorcerer?”
“That is so . ”
“As time has passed greatly, you couldn’t be a son . ”
“What… . . ?
“Could you be a descendant?”
At this point, his heart instantly became silent from pumping loudly . It was because he was in an utmost anxious condition . It was as if to open a forbidden box that should have never been opened .
“Fran Paige . ”
“What, What did you just say… . . ”
“The name was often used by that one . ”
The man’s voice continued .
“It was the name of the one who gave us the eternal life, which we had once desired . ”