Exploring Technology in a Wizard World
Chapter 462 - 461: Some People Die, But He Is Still Alive

Chapter 462: Chapter 461: Some People Die, But He Is Still Alive

Hearing Princess Rose say this, Richard’s eyes flickered, and he quickly asked about a few acquaintances, such as Gro and Nancy, inquiring if they all had survived.

Princess Rose responded that she was not very familiar with these people and was unclear whether they had survived. After the disaster, where these people had gone was also unknown. But they probably weren’t among the unlucky ones—those who had perished had been memorized by her, ready to be ridiculed for a lifetime.

Richard, "..."

After a moment of speechlessness, Richard calmed down internally. It seemed that the few people he knew had a high probability of not perishing from the meteor but had scattered across the East Coast, leaving the possibility of meeting them again in the future. It was just uncertain under what circumstances they might meet next.

As Richard thought this, he heard Princess Rose continue, "You know, something strange happened. After the meteor fell, although we students who stayed at the new site of the academy were safe and escaped disaster, some teachers maintaining order at the new site met with incidents."

"Hmm?"

"It seems that the meteor contained an energy wave specifically targeting Mana," said Princess Rose with furrowed brows, speaking earnestly, "This energy wave affects Mana, so the more Mana one has in their Magic Origin, the greater the impact. If the impact is significant enough, it can shatter the Magic Origin, causing severe injuries or even death."

"That serious?" Richard raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.

An energy wave targeting Mana?

It seemed that the meteor attack was more complex than he had imagined.

However, having said that, he wasn’t worried if it was just targeting Mana, because he was now following the path of the Apocalypse Wizard. His Magic Origin contained almost no Mana, just unrefined Free Energy Elements, so an attack targeting Mana would have no effect on him.

"Yes, it’s quite serious," responded Princess Rose at that moment, "So, maybe we students were fine, only a few Magic Origins were damaged. However, several teachers were severely injured, and a few even died outright. The only one who wasn’t affected much was probably that guy called ’Macbeth.’"

"Hmm? Wait! Macbeth?!" Richard suddenly raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, unable to suppress a suspicion: Princess Rose had told him so much, but could she have been lying all along? Although considering the logic in her statements, the possibility of lying seemed low, it wasn’t impossible. After all, Macbeth was involved.

Macbeth! Always dressed in white, with a penchant for eating orange marmalade, the Macbeth who had once led him and Nancy, to assassinate the King of Pu Aiji Kingdom!

He couldn’t forget, the "Spartacus Heroic Potion" had been provided by him. If it weren’t for the "Spartacus Heroic Potion" provided by him, the production of the "Divine Blood" might not have gone so smoothly.

Macbeth was one of the few wizards from the White Stone Tower Academy he had interacted with, but he distinctly remembered that the man had died.

Yes, died.

If he remembered correctly, upon his return to the White Stone Tower Academy, he had witnessed the wizards holding a funeral, burying many sacrificed wizards. Macbeth had been among them, his coffin especially unique, stark white in contrast to the other solemn black coffins.

Could it be that his memory was flawed?

But if his memory was not flawed, Macbeth could not still be alive, after all, the White Stone Tower couldn’t bury a living person.

Richard furrowed his brows, but Princess Rose had not noticed Richard’s expression, and spoke up, "Right, that’s Macbeth, do you know him? It might just be a coincidence of names, the one I’m talking about is always dressed in white clothes, always holding a bowl of orange marmalade, sighing all the time."

"Hmm—perhaps, the Macbeth you’re talking about is the one I know," Richard said, "But I remember, he died. Yes, died before the meteor fell."

"He died? Ha!" Princess Rose suddenly laughed, "So you aren’t that smart after all, also one of those continuously deceived, unaware of the truth. Of course, many have been deceived, you’re no exception. But me, I am one of the few, aside from the wizards, who knows the truth. Mainly because after the disaster, I spent several days with him and got to know the real situation."

"The real situation? What exactly happened?" Richard asked.

"Simply put," she said, "Macbeth did indeed die. But the one who died was Wizard Macbeth, while the ordinary Macbeth is still alive."

"You mean to say," Richard’s eyes flickered as he quickly reasoned, "Macbeth did not die in battle back then, but was severely injured, turning him nearly into an ordinary person, incapable of possessing a wizard’s power. In the eyes of other wizards, this made no difference from death, so they held a funeral for him, as a recognition of his sacrifice.

And perhaps he was a bit weary or wanted to escape his previous identity, thus shedding Wizard Macbeth and becoming a completely new ordinary Macbeth. Of course, considering his sacrifice, the White Stone Tower would definitely have compensated him.

The distinctive, standalone white coffin was part of it, and the other was probably placing him in the new academy site for recuperation, akin to a kind of retirement.

So, before you all moved to the new site, he had been there for a long time, as there were hardly any people there, and not many students would have seen him.

But later, when the situation in White Stone City became dangerous, they sent all of you to the new academy site and that’s when he came into contact with you."

After speaking at length, Richard looked towards Princess Rose, asking, "Am I right?"

"Uh—" Princess Rose dragged on, her face showing disbelief: "Is all this really just your guess? My gosh, you know even more than what I heard from Macbeth himself. Now I’m even unsure who is informing whom."

"It seems I wasn’t wrong."

"No, you weren’t wrong at all," Princess Rose replied, her mood somewhat sour—she had intended to show off a bit, but Richard gave her no chance for that.

At that moment, Richard asked, "What happened afterward?"

"Are you asking about what happened after the disaster?" Princess Rose perked up, speaking, "It was terribly bad.

After the disaster, although most of us students from the new academy site managed to escape, nearly half the teachers at the new site died, those who remained were half-dead, half-alive. Macbeth was indeed okay, but as you said, because of the previous battle injuries, all his Mana sources within were shattered, leaving him with no capability to cast spells. Despite being a teacher, he was weaker than most of us students."