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The Archivist's Ploy: A Tale of One Against The World

Far above the horizon, beyond the clouds and the apocalyptic storms under it, hovered a yellow-haired old-looking man. His yellow eyes gave off a bright radiance, and countless books floated around him. Throughout history, the man was known by many names, (The Watcher - The Chronicler - The Historian - The Custodian - The Recordkeeper) But during this Era, he was known as The Archivist. The Archivist's perception inspected thousands of kilometers far and wide, Yet 'Nothing interesting is happening' His frustration grew 'What's the point of a worldwide perception if there's no apposite change to perceive?' 'The world has become mundane' 'And no one is doing anything about it' Ergo, The Archivist will take matters into his own hands 'I'll orchestrate a worldwide, All-embracing scheme against an oblivious individual' With a sinister smile on his face, he devised his plan 'Turn the entire world into a person's antagonist, Then enjoy the show' And he had the perfect plot for it 'First, Utter Despair that would cause immense Pain' 'Then, More Despair that would turn the Pain to Loathe' 'Then, As the Loathe grows, The Despair will transform into Rage' 'The Rage will make the Being Crave Revenge, and the intense Crave will result in Devotion to his goal' 'Finally, The Despair, Pain, Loathe, Crave, and Devotion will all be used as fuel for the Rage, Transforming it into an even extremer emotion' "WRATH" How would a single person unleash his Wrath against the entire world? 'That's what I'm going to find out' "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" The Archivist's maniacal laughter echoed loudly 'The world is about to be entertaining' He looked up and asked with a reverberating, Bleak voice "Who will be the unlucky one?"

Adhaman · ファンタジー
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295 Chs

New Home

Ignatius was left alone in his office after Sebastian took Leus to show him around.

'Now what should I do about the entire summoning thing?'

He didn't know

'Is it important? Should I tell Arno now? Should I tell him later? What difference does it make?'

After thinking about it for a while, Ignatius couldn't come to a decision.

'Let's keep that aside for now and focus on the important thing'

He chanted the cloud spell about 20 times, filling the area around him with Vapour Mana, then he closed his eyes and focused on the Mana around him.

Creating a spell was like solving an equation, it needed focus and patience.

'I need to come up with a spell that contains both Fire and Water Mana, it has to mix in a way that generates pure Vapour Mana, close to this one that I'm surrounded with.'

In his mind, Ignatius had begun to put the pieces together.

'I can already envision how it's going to be. Pretty cool, it should take only a couple of hours'

While Ignatius was busy doing that, Leus was following Sebastian outside of the room in the hallway.

"Young Lord, since you've got the status of a Noble Inferno, you now have the right to live on the Masnion's 10th floor"

He led Leus to the end of the hallway until they stood in front of the room before the last

"This will be your room. You can upgrade to a bigger room in the future if you gain enough Points for that, you can also upgrade to the corner room, which is highly sought-after because of its double glass wall."

Sebastian put his closed fist on the door for a second and it opened

"Your Emblem is probably still being made, it's what you will use to access your room along with many other things. I'll make sure to deliver it to you as soon as possible. Now enter, please."

Leus walked inside the room and looked around him

The room was big, pretty big.

The wall opposing the door was entirely made of glass that gave a very good view of the city and a part of the forest outside of it.

The left side of the room was half empty, and it had a Magic Circle drawn on the floor.

'That's probably a Barrier for training'

The furniture was very fancy-looking, the most noticeable thing was that in the middle of the room, there was a medium-sized Jacuzzi with hot water whirling inside it.

Sebastian pointed to the right side and said

"Each room has its own facilities such as a bathroom, a kitchen, and a master bedroom. You'll find your facilities behind these doors"

Then he pointed beside the room's entrance

"This is a button panel, each button has a specific function.

This one allows you to contact a servant whom you can ask for services, like food, cleaning the room, and such things.

This one allows you to contact the communication department in case of urgency, they can deliver messages or letters on your behalf to anyone in the city.

This one allows you to contact the Financing department, they will answer all the queries related to your money and Points.

This button allows you to communicate with your personal guardian, but since you don't have one yet, the button serves no purpose.

This one allows you to contact the Administration department, they manage everything, so you can call them if you're confused about something, and you can file a complaint against any of the workers or the residents.

But let me warn you in advance, complaining against the residents is very useless unless they do something drastic, so don't waste your time/

Finally, this one allows you to contact me, but use it sparsely and only for important things, otherwise, I'll cut it off"

Sebastian took a breath and then continued

"Besides the button panel, there are two boxes, the first one is your mailbox, it's where the communication department will send the letters that come for you.

The second one is called the Communication Tunnel.

Write your letters then put them in the tunnel, and the Communication Department will take care of them.

Any questions?"

Leus looked at the button panel and boxes for a few seconds then said

"No, thank you"

"Good. This should be everything, I will bring your Emblem and the spell once the Duke is done creating it, until then, do not leave your room, because if you do then you won't be able to access it.

By tomorrow, someone from the Financing Department should come and explain to you everything regarding your monthly funds and the Point System."

Leus replied

"I understand, thank you"

Sebastian politely bowed and then left the room

Leus glanced at the buttons and thought to himself

'These are many buttons, I hope I don't forget which is which'

Then he looked around the room

'There are empty shelves ... I guess I'm supposed to bring my own books?'

He walked to the glass wall and looked through it

'The view is beautiful'

Leus was able to see a big portion of the city from so high up, then the city walls and beyond.

After the walls, he could see a long yellow desert, and after it, he could see the forest, the horizon was filled with the forest's trees.

To the east of the forest, he could see a yellowish desert that extends far beyond the horizon.

'The forest looks beautiful under the moonlight'

He looked outside for a while then turned around

'I want to see what kind of a Barrier that is'

He walked to the half-empty left corner of the room and inspected the Magic Circle on the floor

Leus put mana into it and activated the Barrier

'It's a lot smaller than the Library's Barriers ... I guess because each room has one'

He walked to the edge of it and pushed his hand outside and it went through it, then he cast a fireball and the Barrier blocked it.

'It's a Magic Barrier then, I can only train on spells here, I wonder where will I be able to train on Abstracts?'

But that was a problem for later, Leus didn't want to unlock any more Abstracts anyway.

'I just want to reach Elite soon'

He deactivated the Barrier and walked to the Jacuzzi

'I should try it ... I don't have anything else to do anyway'

He removed his clothes and slowly stepped into the water

'It's warm ...'

It was a very relaxing experience, but after a bit of time, Leus got out of it and dried himself.

'I want to see the bedroom'

There were three doors on the right side of the room, Leus opened them one by one until he found the bedroom

'Oh'

The bed was huge, a king-size bed with a large mirror beside it and a big wardrobe in front of it.

'That's a nice bed'

Leus opened the wardrobe and it was filled with all sorts of expensive clothes

Suits, Dresses, Pants, Shirts, T-shirts, Fur coats

'Male and female clothes alike ...'

Leus looked around him for a bit

'Well ... it certainly is a nice new home'

Leus removed his shirt and wore only shorts

'Tomorrow, I'll be having a Vapour spell ... I'm so excited'

He closed the bedroom door, switched off the lights, and lay down on the bed.

'I need to work hard on evolving ... I must become stronger'

With a smile on his face, he drained his mana pool and slept.

Tomorrow, Leus would begin his journey to become an A-Tier Elite Mage.