Training-Addicted Mage In A Progression Fantasy-Chapter 30: Ancient Mages Lair (7)

“Haa, haa......”

He had almost died.

Leon struggled to calm his rapid breathing from the tension.

His chest wouldn’t easily settle down.

It was because that crisis hadn’t completely disappeared yet.

Leon sat cross-legged, regulating his breath while sinking into contemplation.

Currently, Leon had 369 hours left in the Magic Orb.

But even if he stayed inside the Magic Orb for all this time, only 6 hours would have passed in real time.

I wonder if that woman would be gone then......

It didn’t seem likely that she would be waiting blankly in that spot, but he couldn’t be too optimistic.

After the cooldown for the Golden Wings and Invisibility Cloak is over......

He needed to spend at least a day here for now.

The cooldown time for Artifacts was filled even inside the Magic Orb.

Assuming it was a day, it would take a day whether he held it in reality or inside the Magic Orb.

If he used it once and threw it into the Magic Orb, he could use it again after 24 minutes.

It wasn’t like it negated the cooldown time completely, but it was still an unbelievable advantage.

A day isn’t enough ...... Let’s stay here for 10 days for now just to be safe.

Leon ran simulations in his head like when he first fought Paulin.

I can’t just stay still during that time.

Could he find a way to escape from the Witch in 10 days?

Ten Thousand Leaves is difficult to learn right now, and the Glory’s Thunder, being Arcane Magic, is also hard at the moment.

It was Magic that originally needed to be approached slowly over 3 months.Even if he used all the current Magic Orb time, it wouldn’t be enough.And even if he learned it, it wouldn’t significantly change the situation.

At that moment, what flashed through his mind was the red-haired Black Mage.

The Shadow Assimilation he had used.Magic that could give one the ability to move between shadows.

However, it was impossible to move through another person’s shadow.

Of the spells he could master in 10 days, this one seemed most likely to give him an edge.

It probably won’t work against an Insight Grade Mage...... but it’s not bad to have one more escape technique.

Leon didn’t need to create an artificial Core in his heart, nor did he need to use another Mage’s Core.

Although the very idea of learning Black Magic made him uncomfortable, Leon wasn’t in a position to be picky when his life was in immediate danger.

Magic interference...... really scary.

Leon’s heart raced just thinking about the moment when the Teleport Scroll didn’t work.

But no matter how advanced an Insight Grade Mage was, they couldn’t interfere with all the Magic Leon used.

At best, they could probably block one strand of Magic Power that I emit.

Though even that would still constitute a great advantage in her favor, but Leon had no intention of confronting that woman to begin with.

He just needed to activate the Teleport Scroll somehow.

Leon spent 10 days learning Shadow Assimilation and then made all preparations.

Leon assumed that the woman was still outside.

As soon as he came out of the Magic Orb, he blocked the front with the Wooden Sword and infused Magic Power into all the Scrolls he was holding.

And then he discovered.The woman standing there, in that same posture.

She was really waiting?

Although Leon had come out assuming the worst situation, he couldn’t help his pounding heart.

It had been a full 4 hours.

Seeing her persistence bordering on obsession made him break out in a cold sweat.

But she can’t find the Teleport Scroll among all these Scrolls......

Unfortunately, the woman far exceeded Leon’s expectations.

The woman only controlled the Magic Power flowing towards the Teleport Magic among the numerous Scrolls Leon was holding.

Leon immediately switched to Plan B, holding only the controlled Teleport Scroll in his hand and infusing Magic Power into the last remaining Blink Scroll.

Leon appeared in another place in an instant along with all the objects his Magic Power had touched.

And Leon was startled once again.

A black Fireball was already flying towards that spot.

Did she predict it from the flow of Magic Power?

That Fireball instantly neutralized all the Magic created through other Scrolls, but was blocked by the Wooden Sword in front of Leon’s body.

Kwang-

The sturdy Wooden Sword didn’t even get a scratch from that attack.

However, Leon’s Basic Psychokinesis couldn’t handle the aftermath of that shock.

Leon tumbled backwards along with the Wooden Sword.

The woman’s eyes widened as she watched this.It seemed she hadn’t expected her Magic to be blocked.

The woman, who had suddenly appeared in Leon’s place, grabbed Leon’s nape and forcibly lifted him up.It was before Leon could even use Shadow Assimilation.

“How did you do that?”

Leon bit his lips tightly at the woman’s question.

He had a strong feeling that he would die the moment he made a careless move.

“......”“I’ll kill you if you don’t speak.”

At her words, spoken without any change in expression, Leon pointed to the Wooden Sword with his finger.

The woman shook her head slightly.

“Not that. The way you could disappear without a trace.”

Her words were choppy, as if she hadn’t spoken for a long time.

“That...... is because I learned a special Magic.”“I couldn’t feel any flow of Magic Power.”

The excuse didn’t work.

In fact, it was a predetermined course from the moment he showed part of the strange secret of the Magic Orb to the opponent and couldn’t handle the aftermath.

There was no way to prevent the opponent from becoming interested in this.

Leon hesitated to speak readily.

The Magic Orb was a secret that couldn’t be told to anyone, but that wasn’t why he couldn’t speak.

He couldn’t easily talk about it because it was the only way to escape from this woman.

Whether he spoke or not, he was going to die either way.

Still, a way to buy time for now......

At that point, as Leon was contemplating.

The cave shook violently.It felt as if not just the corridor in which they were, but the entire cave was resonating.

The woman jerked her head up.And then she flew in one direction, holding Leon’s nape while floating in midair.

Leon helplessly dragged along, pulled the Wooden Sword with Basic Psychokinesis.Confirming that the woman wasn’t paying attention to it, Leon tucked the Teleport Scroll and Wooden Sword into his chest.

After a while, the plaza Leon had passed by appeared.

The woman seemed confident in her directions, unhesitatingly choosing one of the many staircases and starting to descend again.

It seemed endless.

When another passage appeared, she blasted the Armor Golem blocking the door in front of it in one shot and flew again.

She also shattered all the Gargoyle Golems and Armor Golems that filled one corridor with a single Magic spell.

And then descended again.

It was then that Leon gave up on trying anything reckless.

Because he felt that part of her attention was directed towards him, even though she wasn’t looking at him.

After descending for a long time, a plaza identical to the one seen from above appeared.

The difference was that there was a huge Magic Circle engraved in the center of the plaza floor, and the inside was obscured by a gray membrane rising from the edge of the Magic Circle.

And numerous Mages were waiting around it.

The Mages were gathered in their own groups around the Magic Circle, discussing something.

Among them was a face familiar to Leon.It was Berford from the Widia School and his group.

The Mages from each school glanced at the new figure appearing in the plaza, and their eyes widened.

“The Witch of Ruin?”“Why is that woman here......?”

Their faces, which had been whispering among themselves, eventually all turned to despair.

The Witch paid no attention to them.

As she raised one hand, one of the Mages approached the Witch in panic.He was a Mystic-grade Mage, but he weakly trembled before her.

“If you use powerful Magic here, the cave will collapse!”

The Witch’s hand paused at those words.

“W-We...... While trying to dismantle the Magic Circle, we might have touched something wrong, and it’s in a very unstable state. So please withdraw your Magic......”“......”

There was no change in the Witch’s expression, but the Mage seemed to sense something and immediately opened his mouth.

“We will retreat. May you obtain what you desire......”

The Mage who stepped back said something to his companions and quickly started to gather their equipment.

Kugung-

But the vibration shaking the cave occurred once again.

And as the ground shook violently, Magic Circles that weren’t visible before started to appear one by one all over the plaza.

That Magic Circle shone brightly.The Mages caught in the Magic Circle started to disappear in groups.

The Witch who rose into midair raised her hand, and a black curtain enveloped her surroundings.

Another transportation Magic Circle......?

Leon, watching this scene from inside the black curtain, clicked his tongue.

While even Mystic-grade Mages were helplessly swept away by the light and transported somewhere, the Witch was blocking this with just one black curtain.

How many times did that flash of light continue?

In the end, only the Witch and Leon remained in that place.

The gray membrane that had risen in the center of the plaza was gone.

The true form of the Magic Circle was revealed.

Spell Formulas engraved in a complex and precise manner at a glance.Leon gained some insight just by taking in those Spell Formulas with his eyes.

Is this the essence of the transportation Magic Circle......?

However, that Magic Circle shone unstably, as if it would exhaust its power at any moment.

The Witch approached that Magic Circle, still holding Leon’s nape.

Leon hurriedly put the Wooden Sword into Subspace.

As the Witch stood at the very center of that Magic Circle, the unstably shining Magic Circle emitted a strong light as if squeezing out its last strength.

A light so bright it was dazzling. And then darkness.

As his vision, which had been immersed in darkness, brightened again, Leon realized he had been transported to a new space.

It was a space incomparably wider and higher than the plaza in the cave.

There was no sign of other people.

In that space, there were only two people: the Witch and Leon.

Soon, Leon opened his mouth blankly as he discovered something.

A single Golem rising to a height that would take a long time to reach even if Leon used Levitation Magic.

Its body was similar to the shape of a human, with Ivory skin.

Red stripes like blood vessels protruded from the skin all over the body, pulsating as if throbbing.

And hundreds of tubes were inserted into each of those red stripes that looked like blood vessels.

Especially near the heart, despite having no blood vessels, dozens of tubes were inserted.

The long extended tubes were connected to the back of the Golem, to a place obscured by darkness and not easily visible.

The face, which Leon had to raise his head high to see, was also similar in shape to a human face.

However, where the eyes should be, a straight line of red light flickered.There was no hair, and the Ivory lips were tightly closed.

“So this is Gigantes......”

The Witch’s small mutter was heard by Leon’s ears.She seemed to know about this Golem.

And along with the Witch’s words, the flickering eyes of the giant Golem fully lit up.

Kugugung-

As the giant stirred, the entire cave vibrated.

That stirring didn’t end with just once, but gradually increased in intensity.

The tubes detached and clattered to the ground.

The Witch didn’t hesitate any longer and stretched her hand towards it.

A Fireball much larger than Leon had seen before formed in midair and directly hit the giant’s body.

Although no scratch was made on the giant’s body, the black flames that caught on the body didn’t subside and continued to burn around the giant’s shoulder area.

The giant raised its hand and struck down at where the Witch was.

The Witch, who had risen into midair holding Leon’s nape, glanced at him and then threw him in another direction.

Leon, who was thrown to one side, fixed his body with Levitation Magic before touching the ground.

Leon, who suddenly became free, looked at the Witch with a dazed expression.

Should I use the Teleport Scroll right now?

But such thoughts soon faded.Although the Witch’s gaze no longer reached Leon, it was obvious that she would intervene the moment he tried to Teleport.

If not for that, there would have been no reason to bring him here.

The Magic Circle looked unstable, so she probably had no choice.

Leon floated in midair with an innocent expression, away from the range where the giant and the Witch were exchanging attacks.

If he carelessly attempted to escape and got caught, he would face even greater vigilance afterwards.

I should stay still and wait for a better opportunity.

Their exchange of attacks continued dozens of times.The giant thrust its fist, and the Witch avoided that fist while continuously casting Magic.

Each time, the cave vibrated as if it would collapse at any moment.

In fact, stones started to fall from the ceiling.It was a sign that the cave was collapsing.

The Witch’s Magic touched the giant’s body many times, but couldn’t make a big scratch.

However, only the flames remained and continued to burn.

As that time continued, the giant’s skin gradually became mushy and started to melt.

Perhaps sensing a crisis, the giant shrunk its body for a moment.The pulsation of the red stripes protruding from the skin accelerates.

After a while, the giant dodged and swung its fist at the Witch in an instant.That speed was incomparably faster than before.

It was physically incomprehensible how such speed could come from that huge body.

The fist struck the black curtain surrounding the Witch.

The curtain didn’t break, but the Witch, wrapped in the curtain, was flung away and disappeared into the darkness on the other side.

Kwang-

Resounding thuds echoed through the cave.

And not long after, another Fireball flying from the darkness.

The giant deflected that Fireball with the edge of its hand.

Kwang-

The ground where the Fireball fell collapsed, shaking the earth.

They didn’t pay any attention to such things at all.

Rather, their attacks became even more fierce.

It meant they were concentrating on the battle.

Dozens of black flames rose from the ground around the giant, wrapping around its arms and legs like whips.

Whether there was physical force in it or not, the giant’s body paused for a moment.

The flames wrapping around its arms and legs spread over the giant’s skin.

The giant didn’t think about removing those whips and just opened its mouth.

A huge Magic Circle formed in front of its mouth, and a white beam shot out from that Magic Circle.

It was heading to where the Witch was.

Kwaaaang-

One side of the cave wall that could no longer withstand that impact completely collapsed.

The collapse spread like dominoes in a chain reaction.

As the ceiling caved in, boulders started to pour down like rain.

The light orbs went out one by one, and the darkness deepened.

But the giant didn’t stop, creating dozens more Magic Circles around its mouth.

The beam didn’t shoot out immediately.It seemed to need some preparation time.

By then, the giant’s body was already in a much melted state.

The skin near the heart had melted away, revealing the red Core hidden inside.

The huge Core had complex patterns engraved on it at a glance.

Leon’s eyes shone as he was running around, avoiding the rocks.

Just then, he felt a powerful flow of Magic Power from where the Witch was.It contained power of a different dimension than before.

She was clearly using Grand Magic.Grand Magic was Magic stronger than Arcane Magic, with power comparable to natural disasters.

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Even an Insight Grade Mage would take time to cast it.

That opportunity Leon had been waiting for had come.

Leon, who had already sneakily landed on the ground nearby, hurriedly disappeared into his own shadow through Shadow Assimilation, and then emerged from the giant’s shadow.

At the very moment when the white beam was about to shoot out from around the giant’s mouth.

Leon touched the giant’s leg and the Magic Orb simultaneously.

The flames burning vigorously on the giant’s leg instantly moved to one of Leon’s arms, but as he entered the Magic Orb and used Water Magic, those flames soon subsided.

As the Witch’s Magic Power was cut off, it lost its strength.

Nevertheless, a deep burn remained on Leon’s arm.

Without even having time to feel the pain, Leon immediately plunged the Wooden Sword into the giant’s melted leg.

Thud-

The giant’s body wobbled and fell to its knees on the earthen floor.

There was no time to watch it collapse completely.

No time to waste.

It was enough to confirm that it had an effect.

Leon immediately came out of the Magic Orb again.

The time Leon disappeared and reappeared was less than a second in real time.

It was just at the moment when the dozens of beams and the giant meteor summoned by the Witch were colliding.

At the same time, Leon was infusing Magic Power into the Teleport Scroll while moving as far away as possible from the Witch using the triple acceleration of the Golden Wings.

That brief moment when Magic Power was filling the Scroll felt as slow as if decades were passing.

Kwaaang-

As the two Magic spells collided, a powerful wave of Magic Power spread around.

And that wave never reached Leon.

As Leon vanished in midair, the cave completely collapsed at the same time.

The collapse that started from the lower underground levels accelerated as it reached the upper levels.

The sound of rocks and boulders pouring down, the noise of crumbling piles of stones colliding, all mixed to create an ear-splitting roar.

After quite some time had passed like that.

The dust that had been swirling like a storm settled down.

The black-haired Witch, Rin, who had emerged from between the rocks, pouted her lips as she looked at the spot where the giant and the boy had disappeared.

“...I will find you.”

Hope you guys liked this one, also what do you all think of Grand Magic and Grand Mage? I personally really like these though I know Archmage is more commonly used. Feedback would be appreciated.