NOVEL NEXT Chapter 68: Water Mage.
Chapter 68: Water Mage.
The Dragonborn and Horn bear stop attacking.
Blood can be seen on the woman's neck.
"You guys attack them!" The enemy leader smiled as if he knew he would use the fourth prince's mother as a hostage in the beginning.
"Die!" The man swings his scimitar behind Levi. However, a crimson-scaled hand grasps the weapon, and another hand punches the man's stomach.
"Ahhh!" The man, after being punched, prostrated on the sand while holding his stomach in pain. Next, a foot smashes his skull, brain, blood, and bones, scattering them in the sand.
The other person who was going to attack stopped.
"Kill them," Levi growled while pointing his finger at the enemy leader. He doesn’t care if the hostage dies.
Ben sprints toward the enemy leader; even on the sand, the horned bear moves fast.
"Wait stop!" This time the enemy leader is afraid, although he is an adept warrior. The horn bear is stronger than him. He decided to use the prince's mother as a shield.
However, Ben doesn’t care and stomps the sandy soil, and earth spikes come out of the sand, piercing both the man's and woman's bodies.
"Why?" The enemy leader doesn’t understand why they killed the fourth prince's mother.
Only three people know that the fourth prince's mother is not the real one, including Levi.
Levi kills the last enemy by choking the man to death. His expression does not change, and he throws the corpse onto the sandy soil. He looks around the camp, which is scattered with corpses.
He doesn’t feel anything, seeing that all the guards that follow him are dead.
After that, Levi walked around and converted the corpses to death. The dead body turns into a particle and disappears, leaving their clothes and weapon. He also stores the weapon and money that he found in spatial storage.
He closed his eyes to check the points he had gathered so far.
[Mission: Create the greatest hero.]
[Reward: Random.]
[Death point Cost: 10,000 DP]
[A random body will be chosen.]
[Power and ability will gradually restore themselves, similar to the main body.]
[Warning: the host soul will perish if the body dies.]
[Further detail will be added when the mission starts.]
[Death point collected: 7942.02 DP]
Levi opens his eyes. Once he leaves the red sand desert, it will be hard to gather death points if the mage nation has no war or conflict. Well, if there are none, he can create one, but he needs to be careful.
After changing back to human form, he takes out clothes from spatial storage and wears them. This time, he takes off all his clothes except for his pants before transforming. He needs to find a tailor and blacksmith to create clothes and armor for his blood-venom dragon transformation in the future.
Most humans hate other races; the safest way is to make it in the beast or dwarf kingdom. Another way is to kidnap and kill the tailor and blacksmith once they have completed their jobs. But it will be troublesome.
"Let’s go," Levi growls and Ben follows.
‘Now should I go to the secret camp or go to the mage nation? Levi thought, and after thinking, he decided to explore the desert.
Although the mana stone is not enough for Levi to advance, The fourth prince can’t be trusted after using him as a decoy, and the mage nation might be in chaos if Clara and Otis proceed with their plan.
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A few weeks later, far from other powerful tribes, there are many medium- and small-sized tribes. Today, the small rain tribe had a visitor.
"I agreed. Here is all the mana stone that the tribe had." The rain tribe chief gives him five mana stones in his possession. Normally, the rain tribe will go to nearby tribes to trade or buy water.
Nevertheless, because of the water poisoning in several big tribes, the water had been sent there, and if they used all the money and mana stone, they could only buy water that could last for a few weeks.
According to them, the water source will return to normal in one or two months. But at that time, the rain tribe will suffer.
Levi goes to the tribe's large well. In the past, the rain tribe had their own water source, but several decades ago, the well dried up. Without any option, they trade with other tribes.
The Rain Tribe people follow Levi; the first thing he does is enter the deep well without any problem, thanks to his adept-rank body.
He checks the ground to make sure the water will not be absorbed when he puts it down later. Levi, after wandering the desert, had an idea: why not help the tribe? He asked for payment in the form of mana stones. He doesn’t believe all the tribes don’t have mana stones in secret.
His guess is right; some tribes had mana stones, and his job varied according to the tribes’ problems. For a job that is too dangerous, he refused.
The children born in the tribes always play around the large well and know that the well has no water. However, today they will see a miracle.
Levi jumps out of the deep well using the light movement technique. In this world, there is a similar technique. However, most of them belong to the assassin organization.
Without wasting time, Levi creates a blue magic circle with an unknown rune above the well. Next, rain falls from the magic circle and only stops a few hours later. He runs out of mana, and he needs to cast several more times to fill the well. The water element is sparse in the desert.
The people rush toward the well excitedly and throw down a wooden bucket attached to a rope to fetch the water. Water is considered the best quality in the world because it was created by mana and water elements.
Most mages or shamans refuse to waste their mana to create water and rather focus on studying magic. Because the water created by magic doesn’t have any special benefits.
"What water is this? It tastes different." The elderly man smiles while drinking the fresh water.
"Give me some!"
"Don’t push!"
"Thank you." The tribe chief said
"I need to do it several more times to fill the well."
"I understand; don’t worry, we will prepare your accommodation." The tribe chief wants to say it’s already enough but keeps quiet about it. If Levi can fill the well with water, he doesn’t need to be worried until the water sauce recovers.
A boy drinks the water and smiles. "When I grow up, I want to become a water shaman."
"It’s hard if you don’t have talent, and there is no such thing as a water shaman."
"Who is that shaman?" The boy asked because he only knew about a shaman who could create fire using magic.
"I think he must be the outsider water mage."
"Okay, I want to be a water mage."
"Stop dreaming."
At night, Levi refuses the tribe chief's offer to sleep with any women in the tribe. It’s a lie if he says that he doesn’t have any lust. However, it will be troublesome if he gets attached to the woman; he still has a thing that he needs to do, especially involving his soul.
Remembering his past relationship is not pleasant. They tried to kill him for various reasons. Levi still doesn’t realize most of them are because of a curse, and others are his own fault.
Inside a tent, he checks the mana stones that he has collected so far. However, the progress is slow and not enough. "I need to find a mana stone source." Most people don’t know about the Mana Stone Mine. That means only the powerful tribes control the mana stone.
The only way is to kidnap those tribes' elders, but they must have someone powerful protecting them. Right now, he is considered strong with Ben. Nevertheless, he is not delusional to think he is powerful enough to fight a powerful tribe that has been standing for centuries.
As time passed, the rumor about the water mage spread among the medium- and small-sized tribes. There is also someone with the bad intention of capturing the image to become a slave. But their corpses disappear, and only their clothes are left buried under the desert sand.
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The death of the Sand Berserk Tribe queen causes the civil war to start. This was going to be a long war because each prince and princess had prepared for a long time. Except for their younger sibling, who doesn’t have influence. Their fate is to join other factions to save their lives.
The anti-federation movement is too late to stop the federation plan. Because of that, they worked together with the first and second princes and spread the information that the third prince worked with the other tribes and the federation.
After finding out the news, the first prince became mad and promised to kill the third prince, which caused his mother's death. However, the third prince's trance at the red sand desert disappears like he already fled to another kingdom.
"Have you found him?" Inside the tent is a mess, and every time it is involved with the third prince, the first prince will become crazy.
We are still searching."
"Get out; keep searching for that bastard!"
There is another person in the room waiting for an order.
After calming down, the first prince sat on the floor cushion. "How is the second prince?"
"Although we win, most of the second prince's army manages to escape."
"How did we set a trap?"
"We don’t know; someone must have leaked the information."
"Investigate who leaks the information."
"Yes, your highness."
The first prince thought becoming king was easy. However, the problem does not only come from the other princes and princesses. Most elders refuse to help him; if he forces them, they will join the other faction.