Chapter 180 Testing The Waters

The Magus Maximus stared for a moment without uttering any words. He could tell that even though the man gave off a nonchalant vibe, he was sure that Rigel was serious. He sighed and shook his head, it was not the time to let his mind wander.

"Yes, you just behave yourself and focus on what we are talking about," the arrogance in his voice was dripping.

"Hah, such a pretentious bastard." The Magus suddenly changed his demeanor and openly glared at Cygnus.

"I'm not the only pretentious bastard in here though, why aren't you including yourself?" Cygnus wasn't fazed even after he received a glare.

"You talk too much," the Magus frowned. He was not a fan of long conversations but the man for some reason was insisting on talking with him.

"You should be lucky then because you are talking to me," the master's grin widened and you could hear the haughtiness in his voice.

"Why should I? In my position, even the king needs to pay attention when he is talking to me, let alone someone like you." The Magus Maximus was not about to let someone lord him over.

Cygnus stared at him blankly without talking. This personality was really beyond his expectation. Throughout the time that he had spied on them, the Magus Maximus appeared to be reserved and a man of few words, now it turned out that he had hidden his colors.

"Aren't you afraid of offending my father or the king because of your words?" Cygnus tilted his head to the side. There was a frown on his face which made the Magus grin secretly.



"You are still young and don't know these things. All your father has is physical strength while the king only has authority. My power is much stronger than both." He stretched out his right arm and a vortex of white and red appeared on his palm.

The master's hair was blown in all directions as wind started to gather inside the room because of the vortex that the Magus manifested. His face only showed an unfazed expression as he was not intimidated by the other's magic power.

"Is that it?" Cygnus raised an eyebrow because to him it was not that impressive. "If that's the power you are talking about then, they won't be intimidated. I know that my father won't back down even if you have the power to destroy the whole kingdom and I'm sure that the king won't be overwhelmed."

The Magus laughed before he clenched his fist and extinguished the vortex that he created. His disciple was really a person not to be underestimated. He was already standing in front of the highest authority in the tower and yet he could still remain calm.

"Yes, you are right that power won't intimidate them." He brushed up his hair and grinned at the direction of his disciple. "I have worked so hard to get the power that I can use to threaten them. Right there, right now."

After the Magus said those words, Cygnus felt something appear in the Ginehart Dukedom. He then heard Ari's voice in his ear. He couldn't help but laugh because the Magus Maximus was willing to use innocent lives to prove his power.

"That is impressive. Targeting the dukedom just to see me give up or panic or is it the opposite? You want to see me beg?" The master's eyes shone brightly as he was asking those questions. Fools who were threatening him would always make him excited.

The Magus narrowed his eyes when he heard his disciple's words. He had just activated an ancient spell that was placed in the whole dukedom. He had modified it the last time he was there just in case he would need it in the future and he was right, now he had found a reason to activate it.

For his disciple to speak like he knew about it unnerved him. It was only a few minutes after he activated the magic and yet the man in front of him acted like he knew about it. His hand moved subtly as he fiddled with something in his hand.

"That magic is called a destroyer and once it is activated, no one will be able to stop it. It will absorb the life force of everyone in that place and then the spell will summon a demon that will truly devour the place where it is summoned." The Magus did not hide it any longer. Since the magic was already activated, he could finally relax and watch how the show would end.

It was just a give and take situation. The man dared to destroy his tower and expose him so he could do the same to the place that his family cherished. He then grinned at the thought and looked at the direction of his disciple because he wanted to see his expression.

Cygnus didn't have any much reaction. If the person in front of him wanted him to react, he wouldn't give him that opportunity. To him, he was the only person who can watch a person change their reaction besides he didn't really care if those people die. They don't have any relation to him so he wouldn't care even if they die.

"Go on, you can do whatever you want. Those people, they're not important at all, I can even join you and watch as they get destroyed." He calmly offered. "Even if you destroy this kingdom, I won't even flinch and I might even help you go through with it."

"Well then," his hand that had been fiddling with something stopped. Cygnus could hear the audible tap of his finger on his armrest followed by the mechanical voice of Ari.

"The spell has progressed; completion is at 35%. What do you plan to do, master?" Ari announced from where she was standing. Astro was also with her listening to whatever she was reporting to the master.





"Stay put," was the only instruction from the master. Ari confirmed the command and instead of doing something she continued to monitor the dukedom instead.

Cygnus was relaxed on the chair as he and the Magus stared at each other. The countdown in the master's mind was still going on and the completion of the spell had reached 45% and yet the both of them hadn't moved an inch.

In an urgent message, Ulysses received the report that his dukedom was in dire situation. The people in the dukedom started to fall one after the other for unknown reasons and no matter how the doctors diagnose the cause of it, they couldn't find anything. One of the magic users that happened to be in the area noticed that the people were slowly losing their breath.

It was not caused by a disease but by something that was related to magic. The magic users that were there started to help the people and were trying to evacuate the children and the elderly. Once they teleported outside of the dukedom, the effects of the spell slowly disappeared and they recovered.

Ulysses gritted his teeth when he learned of the situation. He looked at his son and nodded before he left together with the special unit that Linius created. Since they can't use the gate, they needed to manually transport the people out of Ginehart.

Ari's countdown had now reached 75% and the dukedom was now in a panic as people were clambering to be saved. The chaos was making the rescue difficult and the rescuers were slowly getting affected by the spell. By the time that it reached 90%, the spell suddenly dissipated.

The Magus was surprised when he felt that the spell disappeared. He tried to tap the armrest of the chair but nothing happened. Cygnus saw this and he smirked because he knew what happened. An ancient spell like that won't hold up especially if one had modified it. The moment that the spell's structure was tampered, it lost its effect.

"It seems that your trump card hadn't worked out."