Elite Mages’ Academy (Web Novel)

Chapter 489: Ibeiya’s Uncle

Ibeiya seemed to be guiding Xiao Lin. When Xiao Lin finally caught up to her, he noticed that he was no longer in the royal city. Ibeiya stood at the entrance of a very unusual manor, waving to Xiao Lin before walking inside.

Xiao Lin furrowed his eyebrows and was immediately on high alert. He measured his surroundings, noticing trees around him that were blooming with flowers despite it being autumn. The manor looked very old, but it was not broken down. The gray walls had vines growing on them, and the evening light gave it a golden coat, making it look quiet and peaceful.

There were three large, black dogs guarding the entrance of the manor. Of course, they looked like just dogs. As Xiao Lin walked by, they narrowed their eyes and shot looks at him. The surprising action was enough to alarm Xiao Lin, allowing him to understand that those animals had very high offensive capabilities.

Ibeiya unhappily shouted at the dogs, chasing them away before affectionately moving over to hold Xiao Lin’s hand. She skipped with him into the manor.

Even though he still had his suspicions, seeing as the familiar Ibeiya was back, Xiao Lin breathed a sigh of relief, asking, “Where did you go? I was very worried about you. Oh, and where is this?”

“Haha, I knew you would have a lot of questions. I can answer the first question right now. When we were at the town, I noticed there were people sneaking up on all of you, but you’d all had a sleeping spell cast on you. I could not break the spell, so I left for a bit before following all of you into the royal city quietly. I wanted to try and save all of you, but I heard that you got out a few days ago.”

Ibeiya clapped her hands happily. Xiao Lin could not help but smile bitterly. He had gotten out, but a few of the class monitors were still there. He knew that Ibeiya did not care about the others at all though.

“As for the second question, Uncle will tell you where this is later.” Ibeiya blinked her adorable eyes, bringing Xiao Lin in as she opened the door.

“Uncle?”

Xiao Lin’s mind was full of questions. The light within the house was sparse. It was already the evening, but there were no lights inside at all. He could not help but sneeze as he entered. Planet Norma was going through autumn, and most families had lit up furnaces for warmth, yet this place was still freezing, which was very strange.

“You must be Xiao Lin.” A cold voice came from the darkness as a pair of red eyes focused on him.

“You’re Ibeiya’s uncle?” Xiao Lin felt that it was weird. He remembered that Ibeiya had told him she had no family. As a child born out of wedlock to a royal family, the Rosa Kingdom did not acknowledge her existence.

“Yes, Her Highness Ibeiya has told me about you over the last few days. I really wanted to see what sort of human had managed to catch her eye.” The old-fashioned voice did not have any change of tone, but it was still getting closer. Thanks to the darkness, he could not tell what the speaker looked like, but he could still tell that the other party was getting closer.

That person calling Ibeiya ‘Her Highness’ confused Xiao Lin even more, but at the next second, his instincts immediately kicked in. A strong, sharp wind whizzed toward him like a blade, giving him less than a second to react. Xiao Lin immediately dodged to the left, but even so, he felt warm blood flowing down his face.

The sudden attack infuriated him. Ibeiya wanted to walk up to stop it, but she was restricted by a cage that appeared from the ground.

Xiao Lin did not want to participate in a meaningless fight, but he noticed that the door he had wanted to retreat out of had disappeared. Not only that, the windows had all gone missing as well. Without any light, the inside of the house was completely pitch black.

“You’re crazy!” Xiao Lin was getting frustrated and immediately activated Miracle. Since he could not use his eyes, he would have to use his perception.

What angered Xiao Lin even more was that his equipment had been taken away when he was kidnapped. They had traced everything to the royal prison, but they still needed time to find all the gear. At that point, he was empty-handed, so all the sword techniques he had mastered were useless.

“If that’s the case, Ruin!”

Xiao Lin once again raised his attributes with Ruin. With his increased perception, he locked onto his foe immediately. He had first used Flame Ball and Flame Bullets to attack from a distance. The flames momentarily lit up the room, and he caught a glimpse of a wizened old man, but his spells had no effect.

Boom!

The old man lunged again after dodging the spells. The old man was not fast, but the narrow room did not give Xiao Lin enough space to dodge. The old man’s fists were as strong as charging elephants. Xiao Lin had planned on blocking after seeing his opponent’s age, but just one punch had sunk his feet inches into the floor.

The next punch sent Xiao Lin flying and slamming into the wall.

“Stop it! Stop it now!” Ibeiya was shouting, but to no effect.

The attacks continued, the old man’s cold voice said, “Is that all? You disappoint me. If that’s the case, you don’t even deserve to leave here.” The old man’s voice had traces of killing intent.

Xiao Lin forced himself to stand up, surprised that the old man was so strong. He finally decided to stop holding back. He might not have a sword, but his attributes had been increased by quite a bit. He took a deep breath, slowly gathering the draconic power within him.

With the draconic power that was stored in his body, he could completely mimic the power of dragon breath. Usually, the power was way too strong, so he did not use it lightly.

As the dragon breath slowly condensed in the room, the old man seemed to gasp in shock, but even though he had given up on Xiao Lin, he had decided to not spare Xiao Lin as well. His attacks could not have been in vain.

Xiao Lin usually used a sword to unleash the dragon breath, but his fists worked fine in the absence of a blade. Even if the power would be lessened, Xiao Lin did not care about anything else at that point. He raised his fist without any hesitation when he got up and a faint glow condensed in his right hand.

Xiao Lin chose to slam his fist down before hitting, choosing against a direct attack in consideration of Ibeiya. Even so, the heat and light that exploded was enough to envelop the whole building.

At the last moment, Xiao Lin dashed next to Ibeiya, easily destroying the cage before protecting the girl. As for how the old man was, he did not care at all.