Chapter 150: Mission Complete?
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The magic reached the meteorite in seconds. The four level 3 spells advanced at speeds greater than that of level 4, due to the difference in mass, but the level 4 spell carried an extremely powerful penetrating force and was destined to explode as soon as it touched the meteorite.
The first four spells were all earth-attribute spells and were designed to penetrate in different ways. While the level 4 spell was fire-attribute and was meant to penetrate and explode, the earth spells were meant to stick into the meteorite, reducing its speed and at the same time weakening it.
It was a clever combination, as it sought to attack from the outside and weaken from the inside, ending with a penetration spell that would explode at a certain point.
The question was whether or not this would work.
Everyone was expectant, but they didn’t have to wait long to find out.
The four spells took hold and did their job perfectly. The meteorite was momentarily stopped, and a second later, the fire spell penetrated deeply, taking advantage of its weakened state.
Numerous strange lights came out of the meteorite from all sides, escaping through the gaps created by the previous spells, and in a matter of milliseconds...
BOOM*
It exploded into fire and earth.
Louis frowned and looked at the rocks falling everywhere.
"Was it a success? I don’t think it exploded completely, due to its size," he thought.
These meteorite rocks falling to the ground soon shattered on the ground, proving that the first spells had been more powerful than he expected.
In fact, it was so powerful that it managed to create gaps throughout the meteorite’s body.
Just then...
[Meteorite Explosion: Complete.]
[You have completed the quest: Magic Mastery.]
[You have received the rewards, please check them.]
Louis smiled.
What’s more, not even a small meteorite fell on him, so he didn’t have to run away from here. None fell into the river either, so the beasts weren’t bothered this time. It was a complete success.
Hardrial and Laura on the sidelines sighed with relief at this sight.
"Happy?" Laura asked, quickly coming to his side. "Choosing such a large meteorite to explode... Are you really not thinking about your well-being? You would have died for sure if that had fallen here!" She couldn’t help but scold him.
Louis smiled. "But it didn’t fall."
"But it could have fallen!"
"We shouldn’t focus on things that could have been, but on things that are, right, Professor?"
Hardrial sighed, not wanting to get involved in the young people’s tantrums, so he avoided the conversation.
"We’d better get back to the real world. Although we still have a lot to learn, they didn’t give me enough time, and the tournament is getting closer, so I need to prepare you for that," he said.
Laura, still upset, could only snort.
But everyone agreed to return to the real world. Learning magic was fun, but spending so much time in one place, doing the same thing, wasn’t very entertaining.
So they returned to the city of this world, from where they would return to the real world.
Hours after they left the place, numerous beasts from the Ancient River appeared.
"That man has that legendary thing." A hoarse, deep voice echoed from one of the powerful beasts, a dragon.
"The Cube, right?"
"Yes. I sense the presence of that cube from the younger man’s body."
"It’s true, I sense it too."
"Why does a little guy like him have it? Did the Ancient Vampire fall?"
"Surely, I didn’t think that guy would ever fall."
"Should we get it back? It’s not good for humans to have that."
One of the talking dragons made a thoughtful sound and then turned to look down the river.
"What do you think, sir? We understand that your job is only to protect, but you know more about it than we do."
Just then, huge eyes opened in the depths. They were gigantic, so large that it seemed several beasts could fit in each socket.
They were yellow, with strange red rays crossing in the middle to form a cross, and they brought peculiar feelings of terror to anyone who looked at them.
Even the enormous beasts that occasionally saw it could rarely see it display such peculiarities in its eyes.
"The Ancient Empire, huh." An extremely hoarse and deep voice echoed from the river and created fluctuations in the water, as if huge waves had suddenly reared up.
Many of the normal fish were frightened by that powerful voice and swam to their small caves to hide from whatever had spoken like that.
Even the beasts couldn’t blame those little fish; they too felt the need to do so, for this voice was so powerful that it was frightening.
"It’s been so long since then, and the probability of its resurgence seems so remote and impossible that letting that little human have it isn’t such a bad thing, I don’t think. Who knows? Maybe he’s the destined man of the legends."
The beasts were surprised that the Guardian had such thoughts. "Do you want to leave it with him then, sir?"
"We don’t have much choice either. I can feel that boy’s blood is so powerful that it makes mine boil. I’m afraid that even I, if I were outside, would have to kneel before that boy’s family. So it’s better to avoid trouble with those legendary families whose origins are unknown."
Although the beasts couldn’t understand much of what he was saying, they could only understand that this man was dangerous, even though he didn’t seem so, so they nodded.
"As you say, sir." They said and retreated into the depths again.
Just then, the eye below them flashed and seemed to appear above the river, but it was only momentary. Just as it had appeared, it disappeared, and everything returned to normal.
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After returning to the real world, Louis wasted no time in returning to his mansion.
He was a little worried about Jessy, so he didn’t even stop for lunch before returning, but luckily for him, Jessy wasn’t having any problems.
He knew this because she arrived at the company unannounced.
It was nighttime, but the company was open, and Jessy was attending to some important clients when he arrived.
On his way to the Industrial District, he heard good news, so he decided to see for himself.
There were many customers despite the late hour, many looking at the clothes on display and others placing their own orders.
Meanwhile, Jessy was walking with an important customer, showing him around and talking business.
Louis arrived in disguise to avoid attracting attention and see things as they were, wearing a top hat and clothes that covered him from head to toe, perfectly hiding his white hair.
"Sir, what kind of designs are you interested in? We have many types of designs for all ages. Elegant ones and also those designs for people who like nice clothes but want to go unnoticed." A young woman approached him.
Louis looked at her for a moment; she was one of the employees in charge of selling to regular customers. Louis took advantage of the moment to talk to her.
"I’m looking for more casual, traditional designs. Do you have any?" he asked, even though he already knew the answer.
"Of course, sir. Please follow me," she said and took him to a place where Jessy was talking to the important customer.
"Sir, I’ll speak more quietly because our manager is dealing with an important customer. I hope that’s not a problem for you," said the girl, almost whispering, but he could hear her clearly.
Louis couldn’t agree more. ’She’s a good girl,’ he thought, as this would allow him to hear what Jessy was selling right now and what customers were interested in.
"All right, don’t worry. I like it when people talk quietly, so I’m fine with that," he said.
"All right, then..." She proceeded to explain it to him little by little.
Louis, interested, started talking to her.
"Are sales going well these days for this type of clothing?" he asked.
She forced a smile. "The traditional clothes you’re looking for are the least popular, but I don’t think it’s because of the design. The design is fine, don’t you think? People who come in to ask about them always like the design, but somehow they decide not to buy them and go for more modern clothes instead."
"Oh." Louis nodded and looked at her. "Why do you think they don’t sell, then?"
She didn’t have to think too hard, she already had an answer for this: "I think it’s because we’re not reaching our target audience in this area. Maybe if we did a little more promotion or diversified our promotion even better, we could reach more people."
"But it could also be because we’re a start-up company. Even though Lord Carwine sponsors us and we have great allies, at the end of the day, it takes time to accept something that’s new, don’t you think?" she said, then pointed to a piece of clothing that Louis had rejected earlier. "For example, this traditional garment blends the modern with the ancient, but you rejected it because the way it blends the modern with the ancient is too old-fashioned. Sometimes it’s hard to accept the new," she said.