The Vastness of Magical Destiny
Chapter 424: Volume 8: Gathering of Wind and Clouds, - 12: Soaking_3

Chapter 424: Volume 8: Gathering of Wind and Clouds, Chapter 12: Soaking_3

This fellow was clearly an outcast, an illegitimate child, what people commonly refer to as a mongrel.

"Hmm, one shouldn’t feel inferior because of one’s birth. People cannot decide their origins but can change their fate with their minds, hands, and efforts," said Komer, shaking his head as if he could understand what the other was thinking. "Would you be interested in working for me?"

From despondency to ecstasy, the Half-Beastman’s eyes shimmered with a mix of gratitude and joy. Without any redundant words, he knelt on one knee, his voice choked with emotion as he roared, "Maha Gummi swears by the name of the War God Mars that he will serve you for life, Sir!"

With a look of tender care that seemed to penetrate the Half-Beastman’s soul, Maha Gummi felt completely subdued by the noble and amiable Lord before him. He felt that even if the Lord commanded him to die for him right at that moment, he would not have any objections.

Having lived his life in the midst of disdain from everyone else, no one had ever understood the bitterness and loneliness in his heart. Sometimes he thought he might have to eke out a life in the mines or in the wilds, but he was not willing to settle. After witnessing the luxurious and decadent lifestyle of the mortal nobility and the opulence of the big cities, he yearned for the finer things in life, which was why he had recklessly escaped from the mine and fled to the Caucasus.

He did not believe that his kin could overthrow their oppression with their strength alone, while the vibrant scenery of the Caucasus made him feel that perhaps there he could find the opportunity to fulfill his longing for a better life.

The magic materials from Newman finally arrived. Having waited impatiently, he soon threw himself into his work so fervently that when Komer was still worried about whether his physique could withstand several days and nights of continuous labor, Newman completed the "Light Bead Flame Cannon" he had put so much effort into refining.

It was a magic tool of the light series, requiring quite a few high-grade Luminous Flame Stones, mainly used to trigger the dark ambush magic hidden in dark places. Because the "Light Bead Flame Cannon" not only had a strong inducing effect on dark magic and bans, but also a strong neutralizing capability, it was particularly destructive to dark magic.

Other tools were Magic Absorption Shields made from Mystic Bronze, a special product of Bohemia, which could neutralize physical mechanisms made of metallic materials. One merely had to deploy the Magic Absorption Shield towards suspected physical mechanisms, and the attracted mechanisms would attack the shield on their own, thus neutralizing the harm they could cause to the user and achieving a destructive effect.

A new mage joined the team exploring Damarlinsk Castle, which surprised Komer, as she appeared to be a female. Of course, this was only his intuition, as he was unable to determine her gender or age from her appearance or name, and even her few spoken words were nasally, clearly altered by a spell.

Except for her expressive eyes, the rest of her body was concealed by an exaggerated hooded Mage Robe.

Mihailovich did not explain the background of this new friend, and according to Komer’s observation, it seemed Mihailovich did not know the newly arrived mage either. However, the letter that the mage delivered upon arrival seemed to have served as a means of communication between them. Without further explanation, Mihailovich introduced her to Komer in the name of friendship.

The exploration team now comprised four mages and two Dark Knights, and with Komer himself, the team had grown to seven. To Komer, it seemed somewhat too large, but no one wanted to miss such an adventurous opportunity. Even the two Dark Knights set aside the tasks Komer had commissioned to them and had come to the castle in anticipation of the exploration’s commencement.

In their view, this was their true calling, and the task assigned to them by Komer to train the Lord’s Guard seemed an endless toil. If it wasn’t for the real improvement they saw in their Fighting Qi from Komer’s guidance, they would have abandoned the training of those dim-witted Half-Beastmen and gone their separate ways already.