Chapter 70 - Fire Mage (1)

"Who are you guys?"

Unkempt hair poked his forehead. One ear looked as if it had been cut off, and dirty beard covered his lips. He literally looked like a beggar. However, the aura emanating from him clearly indicated that he was not a simple beggar.

7th rank high-tier...

Although he was somewhat doubtful because the man wasn't wearing any armor, as expected, he was a mage. Moreover, a high-level mage on the verge of reaching archmage level. The characteristics of his flowing magical power almost matched that of a fire mage.

The fierce and hot energy unique to mages belonging to the Ignis Magic Tower. Acel swallowed as he slowly drew up magical power at the appearance of a high-level fire mage he was seeing for the first time.

A Simple Labyrinth installed by the Academy. A place where the sage's tomb might be, although still a hypothesis. In such a place, a middle-aged man who was neither a student nor a professor appeared. The possibility of him being an intruder couldn't be ruled out.

If asked whether there was a reason for a Magic Tower mage to deliberately intrude into the Academy, it would be ambiguous to answer, but he couldn't let his guard down completely either. Acel openly expressed the magical power he had drawn up and glared at the man.

"...Hooh."

Then the man's indifferent expression changed. His dull eyes came to life as if looking at a peer rather than a novice. It was as if burning flames were reflected in those eyes.

"A lightning mage... Did Cromwell take on a disciple without my knowledge?"...