Chapter 648. The One Who Left But Hasn’t Left (1) #PART 2
Magic Tower.
Chief’s Office.
I checked the system message.
[Affiliation: None]
[Position: None]
It should say [Magic Tower] and [Chief Mage] respectively.
As I stared at the empty system window, I finally realized.
This is it, the Magic Tower.
“It was a place I grew attached to, my lord.”
Diend flew around the Chief’s office, absorbing the suitable magic power.
The suitable magic power came from the past and the background.
‘Well, not only the office, but a lot happened at the Magic Tower.’
It had been a different experience since the start. Although there were times when the weight of being the Chief almost crushed me, I benefited a lot from the Tower’s prestige when I was parachuting.
‘Is that all, though?’
The number of magic tools and items I could borrow freely from the Magic Tower, due to my position as Chief, was immeasurable. The position of Chief was definitely advantageous, wasn’t it? Some of those items, I completely forgot about, yet took no responsibility for them.
‘Though, of course, I did fill them with other items.’
However, the most valuable thing was the experience.
Magical knowledge that an ordinary player could never accumulate.
I spoke to Diend.
“By the way, there’s no need to make such a fuss, even if it’s the last time, right?”
Isn’t that obvious?
Even if I, Lee Hoyeol, submitted my resignation to the Magic Tower, I had no intention of completely abandoning its prestige…! After all, I didn’t submit my resignation because I wanted to leave.
I grabbed a green tea bag and gritted my teeth.
“There’s really nothing helpful, Akshan…!”
A player’s [affiliation] has no restrictions.
What this means is,
it’s not a problem if they have multiple affiliations.
For example, if I check the [affiliation] system window in the Magic Tower, a message like the one now appears, but if I check the system window in my domain, Claudi Territory…
[Affiliation: Claudi Family]
[Position: Head of Family]
Such a message would appear.
The same goes for the Yusra Kingdom.
It would show my information as [Yusra Kingdom] and [Benefactor].
This is why I was so frustrated.
“Honestly, much greater factions don’t even care about where I belong or what position I hold in other regions…!”
I stared at the flickering quest window.
[Class Quest: Successor of Akshan]
The Last Demon Hunter.
You have already earned the qualification.
Please inherit Akshan’s will.
─Devote yourself to Akshan. (In progress)
For a fleeting moment, I forgot my act and cried out.
“Why is Akshan forcing this on me…!”
I remembered the words of a manager from my office days, grumbling before a holiday. The people who truly benefited from their ancestors would go abroad during holidays, while those who didn’t, like me, were stuck preparing for ancestral rites.
It was exactly what I felt about Akshan.
“Are they my girlfriend or something?”
“My lord, were you interested in that sort of thing?”
“Don’t scratch my nerves, Diend.”
“Yes.”
I calmed myself as I looked at Diend, who was keeping his mouth shut.
Yes, this was the last time for the Magic Tower.
To complete the class quest.
The last affiliation I threw out was that of the Magic Tower’s Chief.
‘Honestly, who knows what might come at the end of this quest?’
It was an Akshan-style expression, almost as grandiose as Grandfell’s. At the end of this ‘devotion’ to Akshan, it was impossible to guess what reward might await.
It couldn’t be helped.
“Seriously, what does it even matter if they don’t have anything left?”
Currently, the only Akshan Demon Hunters I could interact with were the seniors in hell, right? So I naturally assumed.
If I finished the quest, maybe the seniors in hell would give me some decent items, or so I thought. I shook my head.
“…Forget it. What good would it do to get angry?”
There was no other choice anyway.
Grandfell Claudi Arpheus Romero
The moment I faced you, the one truly mighty,
I realized the limits of a Demon Hunter.
In the vast gap between you and me, Grandfell…
‘I confirmed that even [natural enemy relationships] don’t activate.’
The [Successor of Akshan] class quest felt like a rope thrown down at the moment I hit my limit. Perhaps this was the little mercy of the Akshan seniors, telling me to hold on to this, or something.
So, I had no choice but to check.
“Then, for now…”
There wouldn’t be a return until the quest was completed.
I looked one last time at the Chief’s office. Even though I told Marcelo, I wasn’t planning to give up the privileges of the Chief in the Magic Tower, even after submitting my resignation.
-“The Magic Tower will always await your return.”
It was a seat I had struggled and endured to maintain.
‘Please don’t take the desk away.’
I thought this as I drew upon my magic power to open the portal.
Suddenly, my vision flickered.
[※ Warning: There are still unresolved tasks.]
…Huh?
Was there something like that?
I looked at the parchment, startled, and gasped.
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Request for Practical Magic Guidance.
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What’s this?
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Requestors: Matisse Dean Karl, Senior Black Magic, Bensch William, Senior Fire Magic, Vangrit Tom, Senior Pure Magic, Feiyan Lot, Senior Spirit Magic…
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Practical Magic Guidance.
In simple terms, they wanted to strip off their ranks and meet face to face.
Was there ever such a grand exit from a job?
I shouted toward Grandfell, who I was sure would hear me somewhere.
“It’s your karma, so why am I the one getting it back…!!”
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