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On a place far west of the city of mages, on a mountain so high and so cold to the point that even air slowly turns to ice, a group of figures slowly traversed the land as they climb at the steep sloped of the mountain itself. Upon closer look, the cloaked figure among the group was none other than the albino demon who had created chaos among the tribes of the snow peak mountain range in the south.

Just about now he expect that the tribes in the south is currently in a disarray, as he let loose a massive wave of demonic beings from the treasure he had given out towards the foolish humans. Even thought giving it out was a massive loss for him since such a thing was a type of treasure he had taken out from his hometown's vault for the accomplishment of this mission given to him alone, such an act would actually help him divert most of attention towards the tribes in the southern mountain range and ease his entrance towards this mountain which is considered as dangerous and one of the tallest mountain in the northern continent.

Among two group are two  tall white demons, six fiery red demons, and a dozen of demonic beast. All of such creatures were procured during his travel towards such mountain. In fact he had own a far more larger group on the past few days before he planned to go to this place, but due to the treacherous terrain of the mountain alongside some of the dangerous monsters lurking all over the place, his once large group was reduced with such embarrassing numbers which he could not ever be proud more.

But despite the embarrassing fate of his group, they were still able to mange to get to their designated location, as the albino demon finally came face to face at the large door on top of the mountain  that they had climbed.

"At last i'm finally here" said by the albino demon as he took off his hood and begun caressing the door.

After that he then turned to look towards the other mindless demon behind him, as he ordered the two white demons to insert their mana unto the door and open it up with brute force.

Naturally following his command, the two white demons slowly walked past the albino demon, as they raised up their arms and inserted their own mana unto the door. After they inserted their mana which made the runes on the door to light up, they  then pushed the door slowly which literally shook the mountain and caused multiple small vibrations to emit into the surroundings from having a heavy door being opened.

After awhile the two white demon finally opened wide the door leading to a dark cave inside the mountain, as the albino demon ordered the demonic beast to move ahead and scout the are inside. Afterwards when all the demonic beast went inside and no trap seemed to be triggered, the albino demon then finally entered the room alongside all the troops he had brought with him.

The moment the two white demon that were holding the door went in together with the seemingly leader of the group, the huge thick door then slowly closed on its own as it slammed tight, which caused some snow to fall and dust to be blown away. With that the demon finally entered beyond the door and begun their search throughout what is inside the mountain.

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[City of Avalon]

While such a mysterious event is happening in the far west of the city of mages, Asagi and the co. are currently being led by the group of mages around the tower that is situated at the center of the city. Just like what they had expected, the insides of the tower was so wide that it could literally fit a huge mass of people inside.

There were also rows after rows of books for the public to read, rooms that are meant to experiment on magic, store rooms for stuff that are deemed failures, halls that showed  portraits made by mages and prized as something significant, and even some recreational area.

In fact there is even a reception desk in the middle of the lowest floor for any people who have questions that they would like to ask.

But instead of touring them all over the place, the group of mages led them towards a circular disk at the edge of the tower, as they inserted their own mana and begun activating the magic circle under the circular disk. In fact the circular disk was wide enough for everyone to enter.

Not long after the charge, the circular disk then begun ascending as it act as a type of elevator towards the other floors of the tower. After a moments time, the circular disk then brought the group to the highest floor of the tower as the mages issued everyone to get off and was welcomed by another mage who seemed to be even more of a higher ranking than them and has old age apparent in its face.

Upon meeting such old mage, the group of mages then talked for a second towards the old mage, before they bowed down and left Asagi and her group in the care of this old mage that had welcomed them in the upper floor.

Once the group of mages left, the old mage then came forward and introduced himself.

"Welcome to the central tower, I am Archmage Belfast, one of the elders in this city of mages... we have been waiting for your arrival, please follow me"

In that moment Amos then spoke up after staying silent for quite awhile and proceed to ask the Archmage himself.

"Is the person who wished to meet us in this floor?"

"He is! and you are?"

"I am Amos, the former emperor of the Amid Empire which is situated at the central continent"

"Central continent? I see. a foreigner from overseas... forgive me but i know too little outside the northern continent so i don't know who you are and what is this empire you talk about"

Hearing his answer, Amos realized that this mage is living in seclusion after all this years. Due to that he then lost interest in such a person as he knew that such a guy wouldn't be able to answer his questions.

In that moment when Amos back down from confronting the Archmage. Asagi then brightly smiled at the Archmage and plead him to go on.

"Sorry about his attitude, he is always like that"

"... I see"

"Well anyway since the guy that wanted to meet us is in here, then please lead us to him"

"Understood"

With that Belfast then led the group at the front as they entered a hall full of standing armors and bypassed each armor as they go further into the top floor.

The further they go into the hall, the more mysterious the hall can be. Fort some unknown reason it feels like someone was actually observing them from the side. In that moment Asagi looked the standing armor on her right as she saw one of them twitch a finger unconsciously.

With that Asagi couldn't help but twitch a little as she begun to ask the Archmage for some confirmation.

"Those armor... they have someone inside of it right? right?"

"What do you mean? Of course they don't! those armors are hollow on the inside, no one is in there" answered by Belfast as he continued to move forward

Upon hearing that, Asagi then begun to give out a wry smile as she seemed to hesitate approaching the armors who look a little bit scary due to their design. On the other hand both Amos and Leon seemed intrigue by the armors as the former of the two spoke out.

"They're living armors right? Incredible! i just cant imagine how one could comprehend to apply mana circuits unto such an inanimate objects. Whoever made this must be a genius of some sort" exclaimed by Amos

"Is that so? I feel like this was only plausible since that person is bored" replied by Belfast

"Hoh! based on your tone, it seems like you know quite a lot about its creator" said by Amos

"You could say i know i little bit too much about the person who created those living armors" replied by Belfast exasperatedly

After Amos gave out his thoughts, It was Leon's turn to give out his comment regarding the living armors"

"Each and every armor lined up here has different design, just how did you create numerous masterpiece of armors?"

"Hmm? Oh we don't make any armors here" answered by Belfast

"You don't? then how did you manage to acquire this line of armors then?"

"Well the owner of this armors likes to travel a lot, you could say its souvenir of armor just piled up from going from one place to another"

"So that person is a traveler then? does this mean he also knows the lands beyond the horizon?" asked by Asagi

"You could say that he knows the lands beyond the seas...."

Hearing Belfast words, then whoever is the owner of this pile of armor, would have been a person who travel a lot during its time. Meaning he knows stuff that are foreign to the natives of this continent and even knows more that what Asagi could research during her free time. With such a person being present here, then their questions could very well be answered.

Alongside it, based on what Belfast had said, then the owner of this armor must be a very old person by now, which could literally almost be called a sage.

After quite awhile, they then finally arrived before a huge door at the end of the hallway, as they saw Belfast stretched out his hands and begun injecting mana unto the door. Soon after runes etched at the door begun to light up, as it locking mechanism unlocked itself and the door being easily pushed by a just a few tug.

With an effortless push, Belfast slowly opens the door, as it revealed a huge space inside filled with lines of lines of books. At the center of it where the desk lays at beside the wooden ladder, a person is currently sitting on top of it with its flowing down white hair and elegantly reading through the pages of the book.

After for what seems like awhile since they entered, Belfast then let out a cough as he tried to catch Albion's attention and shift his look towards them. Just like that with a simple cough, Albion saw them standing by the door as he closed his book and welcomed them in.

"Come in! please come in!"

With a snap of Albion's finger, the door then suddenly slammed shut as chairs suddenly appeared behind the group and they were somehow moved at the very center of the room unconsciously. Experiencing this phenomenon, everyone including the archangels were shocked by this sudden transmission, as they didn't even notice that they were transported to the center of the room without anyone's noticing.

It was like everything was an illusion or the very space itself was being toyed with.

In that moment everyone then simultaneously looked at Belfast, as their faces were filled with confusion and surprise from this phenomenon.

"You'll get used to it" said by Belfast with a blank face as he led everyone to sit down.

As everyone begun to sit down, a sofa suddenly appeared at the opposite side of them, as  a table suddenly slid in between, with tea all ready and prepared for consummate.

"What the heck" exclaimed by Amos

"I think i'm going to be sick from all this sudden movement" reacted by Asagi

"Your majesty, i'm sorry to say this but i might be tripping" said by Michael as he held his forehead

"Your not the only one" added by Ariel as she leaned on the chair

Hearing those comments, Albion simply smiled as he said.

"Sorry for my tardiness, i was so engrossed on the book that i was reading, that i didn't even realize that someone entered the room... anyway i prepared some tea, i hope all of you could enjoy it"

In that regard Leon raised up his hand.

"I'm not really fond of tea"

"I see... well maybe since your a soldier of some kind, then maybe you like beer?"

With a snap of Albion's finger, a mug of beer appeared before Leon's hand, which surprised the latter and even shocked everyone that is near him.

"Or maybe you like but a simple of water"

With another snap a glass of water replaced the beer on Leon's eye in a blink of an eye, which literally shocked the holder.

""A... A beer ... is fine"

"I see"

With another snap, the glass of water revert back to a mug of beer which once against shocked everyone, and made some of them held their head. In that regards, Asagi leaned on her chair as she held her head and begun to try to think clearly.

"I haven't even tried to drink a sip of beer and i'm already tripping"

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