We quickly finish our lunch and headed to her bookshop. I told her in advance to get some books related to her family heirloom while I’m reading the page where the word “rune” is decoded. Those books are just preparation in case the hidden text or code is instructing us to look to different books for another clue. In my previous life, the history of secret writing is used in the middle twentieth century to convey or cascade the hidden message to the recipient. It is actually a spy thing and there are three different types of how to conceal messages which can be revealed by heat, chemical, and UV light. Since this world’s science and technology are underdeveloped, it is safe to say I can decipher the secret message using heat. As long as they use fruit or vegetable fluids, deciphering it is easy. But there is one thing I want to confirm first. Then I look at a girl currently collecting a book related to her family heirloom. She safely put all the books on the table and seated. “B
I do not know what came over me but to offer something to help them overthrow the current emperor is a big gamble. I may risk our life mostly Elena, if ever that girl named Celeste is secretly working in the empire and just pretending against them in front of me. Though it’s a gamble, I made sure to make a counter plan if she was indeed working secretly with the empire. Before I left, we prepared two copies of the rune page using the hidden text and burned the original and we both keep one copy. *Sigh What’s done is done. But there are things to be glad at. I learned a piece of very helpful information about the empire. The mayor openly opposed the emperor and how to make a weapon and armor endowed with rune magic. I get excited knowing that the steel I manufactured which is a thousand times stronger than iron can be improved again with rune magic. But since it is just a lesser type, it is safe to say the dwarves have different types of rune magic from weakest to strongest. I a
On a cold night, only the moonlight can provide illumination to the forest. Three spies are stealthily walking toward the two silhouettes resting on the shades of a tree. One of them throw two daggers with poison and the two followed it by plunging their sword into the chest of two silhouettes. But to their surprise, no blood comes out on their body. Confusion shrouded their mind but they become alert when they feel a distortion of mana on their back. They were about to jump to escape but they were cut by a halberd. One of the spies died instantly while the remaining two still breathing due to the cut on their necks was not deep. The man who cut them instantly stops them from moving by pointing the halberd at them. “Now talk. Who sent you?” The man asked who cut his allies. The spy let out a loud laugh. The man who has a halberd joined the laugh which confused the spies. But the confusion turns to fear when the man plunges the halberd into the neck of the spy. “You guys are fun
“Since everyone is here, this is a good thing to share the information you gathered.” Crown princeHis elegance returned and the atmosphere of seriousness shrouded us.“I learned two things. First about the person who openly opposed the emperor on his quest on invading the Fyn Kingdom and the Narva kingdom.”“That person is the current mayor in Auburn City. He let his subject citizen freely talk about it. I think he is planning to start the rebellion against the empire. I didn’t meet the mayor in person so I can’t say for sure if we can offer him a proposition to help us but I met her daughter which led to the second and most important information I learned.”I surveyed everyone’s reaction and continue. Some of them gulped and although the crown prince pretending not to care and yet his yes show anticipation.“I learned how to make weapon and shield endowed with rune magic.”That short sentence dropped like a powerful bomb that made them all stand up including the crown prince.I can’
In the middle of the night, two days before the planned infiltration of Jins’ Party to Auburn City. Three spies are currently running away from the girl named Celeste after she spotted them from a distance when she tried to look for her father at their residence. “Damn it! This woman is crazy! She already killed two of our comrades easily.” Spy “How she’s so strong? She already received more than ten cuts from our swords and yet she’s still chasing us.” Spy “Stop talking! Focus on retreating and try to stay alive. We must give the information to the headquarters that this girl can use mana strengthening perfectly.” Leader Tsk. How did this happen? Since the empire try to invade the Narva kingdom, our spy organization’s dead bodies keep increasing. This is the first time in 300 years. It’s just recently but weird things and people with unbelievable power start appearing. The young official who took down General Greith, the Emperor scheming with demons, the artificial core, and no
Five days passed quickly and Jin accompanied by Bea, Robert and Selene arrived just outside Auburn City. Celeste dropped her bag along with her knees to the ground when she saw the damaged and destroyed gate and walls of her hometown. Bea helps Selene to get back on her feet and gives her some words of encouragement. I cannot blame Selene, she was born and raised here. Anyone will get mad if their hometown was destroyed and the friends they made were killed. The travel should only last for two days but since they are on a mission to secretly enter the auburn city again, they need to use another route to avoid spies and suspicions. It will take them five days before they arrive in the city due to the detour. Jin felt angered in his heart when the glorious gate protecting the citizen was relentlessly destroyed. Jin blames himself internally and a very small amount of mana is distorted on his hand which Bea and Robert noticed. Did I just make the wrong decision? We should have preven
I don’t know how long I was passed out after that terrifying beast tried to kill me. My back shivered just remembering how powerful that monster is.Even with my magic affinity that boasts both defense and offense are still no match to that beast!It’s not clear to me how I survived but some people tried to save me.I slowly open my eyes and survey my surroundings. The room is neat and well ventilated but the windows are covered in curtains and only a single candle illuminates the whole room.My body still ached and I felt that my mana still did not recover. The downside of earth affinity is the mana usage and the stress that the body has accumulated after the fight. Right now, her body still feels the stress as the repercussion of using the earth affinity.I heard a creaking of the door and shifted my gaze to it.A beautiful woman that seems familiar but Celeste cannot remember her name due to her mind is still hazed. The beautiful woman walk in and was seated on the chair just besid
Inside the mayor’s residence, a person in the library is currently reading a thick book covered in dust and a spider web.Auburn City was once a free state but when the first great war broke out, it becomes under the rule of the Ruel Empire when Celeste’s ancestor asks for the help of the empire back then. As payment, they will give authority to the emperor over the city but the traditions and laws that were practiced for hundreds of years will not be changed and no laws should be removed or added. And only the bloodline of Silverstein will inherit the mayor position. According to the book, the auburn city is as old as the ancient city of dwarves and elves. But the continuous renovation removes the proof that this city was built during ancient times.I learned a lot of information after interrogating the enemy I spotted earlier. He told me about the empire’s plans on the city and the beast which is the werewolf.The empire wants to unearth the secret left behind in this city. The kni