21st Century Archmage

Chapter 180: Eternally Welcome Guest

Translator: Lei

Proofreader: Enigami

Whiiiiiiiiiiiirrr!

“Ohhhhh!

“I-Its activating!”

“B-Beautiful!”

‘Seriously, Im a magic genius. Huhuhu.

The crux of the forts defenses, the magic array, was glowing with at least ten different magic lights that indicated a resistance to the four elements—earth, wind, water, and fire—that made up all spells. When the array engraved on the mithril alloy plate gave off a light so strong it was almost blinding, the mages in the room let out entranced cries of admiration. Mages lived and died by magic. For former military mages like them who were practically abandoned by the magic towers, being able to witness this high-circle defensive array was akin to a dream.

“Study the magic array properly.”

“Thank you, Tower Master!”

“Thank you!”

The sayingAll roads lead to Rome also applied to magic. It was difficult for normal mages to come in contact with a magic array imbued with high-circle magic knowledge. There were people who were able to overcome their circle walls by looking at such advanced arrays every day. That was why Hassias and the other mages were shouting their gratitude to me.

‘The fort will go into full operation now.

I was very pleased. One by one, things were slotting into place in Nerman. Now, enemies who came by land would be blocked at this fort and wouldnt be able to walk one step into my territory.

‘I wonder how Rosiathes doing. I was busy, but Princess Rosiathe of the Havis Kingdom must be just as busy stabilizing her kingdom.Should I go over once?

The Havis Capital wasnt all that far from the border fort. Now that Nerman was becoming more stable, a desire to have a brief fling(?) sprouted up within me.

‘Alright, might as well go since its on my mind.

No one would stop me. Unlike other nobles, I preferred to act alone, without a single guard knight, and there wasnt a single person in Nerman who would worry about my safety.

Thats because everyone knew. They knew that I was worried about them, so I had to take care of myself.

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“A-An envoy from the Empire?”

The Yukane Kingdom, which bordered the Laviter Empire, was once in an alliance with the now-extinct Perkan Kingdom. Together, they kept the hostile Laviter Empire in check, but because Perkan was annihilated so suddenly that Yukane didnt even have the chance to help them, the Yukane Kingdom was now walking on eggshells around the Empire. They could only flee the continent or escape to the Baerkain Kingdom, which was a nation that possessed a similar amount of land. However, even if they wanted to escape the continent, they couldnt even go out to sea due to the Kesmire pirates maritime blockade, so all of the kingdoms commercial activities were occurring through the Empire.

An envoy sent by the Laviter Empire arrived in the Yukane Kingdom Capital.

“Yes, Your Majesty. The Foreign Secretary of the Empire, Marquis Pesocanian, has come in person.”

“Mm…” groaned King Lyvaitor at the Lord Chamberlains report. He was in his late forties, an age at which he should have plenty of fighting spirit, but the tall and gangly king was a fearful man. Ever since he was taken as a hostage by the Empire and returned, fear towards the Empire had taken firm root in his heart.