The Great Mage Returns After 4000 Years

Book 2: Chapter 281

Translator: Seven

Editors: Ana_Banana, Yahiko

He opened his eyes.

There was a severe ringing in his ears. It was as if thousands of hummingbirds were flapping their wings in his ears. His physical condition was also the worst. It felt like he would vomit at any moment.

‘…my body.’

His body, which had been on the brink of collapse because of his forced usage of external force, was now only barely maintaining its shape.

It was clear to say that the current Lukas was no better than a half-corpse.

He could see some strands of his hair that flowed in front of his face. His hair had become white, completely losing all of its colour. His left arm was moving stiffly and he could barely feel anything from his right leg. His internal organs were even more of a mess.

This was the result of forcibly trying to restore a collapsing body.

It was like a patchwork of flesh and bone.

But that didn’t matter.

Swaying, Lukas tried to get to his feet, but he fell to the ground again.

This was the best proof of just how bad his physical condition was.

‘…I’ve returned.’

Was it the field of the qualifier?

Or was it Earth?

…Rather than that, he needed to figure out how much time had passed.

Lukas tried to look around, but his vision was so blurred that he couldn’t even see the shape of the things around him.

A gentle breeze blew across his skin.

The feeling of the blades of grass brushing against his calves… as well as the breeze blowing on his body made him think that he was standing in the middle of an open field.

The sky was also the color of sunset. Although his vision was still not clear, he was still able to see that much.

Whoosh-

The wind blew once again.

He didn’t know why, but his heart froze for a moment.

‘…the nature here is preserved.’

As far as he knew, most of the Earth’s nature had been severely polluted by the Demons. At the very least, there was no place on the planet where the nature had been preserved to such an extent.

In other words, he was probably somewhere in the Great World.

Clatter-

After some time, he heard the sound of horseshoes hitting the ground as well as what felt like a large carriage.

“Whoa! Whoa! Stop, stop!”

Because they stopped in such a hurried manner, a lot of dust was kicked into the air.

Lukas let out a cough.

“Hey! Why are you just laying there? Are you out of your mind?”

“…”

He couldn’t answer. This language wasn’t something that could be heard on Earth. But Lukas didn’t have any problems understanding it.

After all, he knew this language.

“Goddammit. We have a long way to go… Can’t you just get out of the way? Do I have to let the horses kick some senses into you?”

“Stop, I told you not to say things like that.”

“Ah… yes.”

It was at that moment that a soft voice sounded out. i????????re????????. ????????m

“Are you okay?”

The speaker slowly approached him. He could tell that this person was quite tall because they blocked the sun from his face despite maintaining some distance.

Lukas raised his head. His vision still hadn’t cleared up yet. In addition, the person standing before him had their back to the sunset.

He spoke in a stuttering voice.

“I… hurt my head…”

“Your head…? Oh my god.”

The man couldn’t help but let out a soft gasp when he saw Lukas.

Although he still couldn’t see clearly, Lukas was sure that he didn’t look very good.

“…looking at the mana around you, I’m sure that you aren’t an ordinary person. Where are you from?”

…Mana?

That was a word that was used in the Great World.

They seemed to prefer calling mana the energy of nature.

The strange feelings he’d been having began to pile up one on top of the other and for some reason, his heart began to beat faster in his chest.

Nevertheless, he couldn’t confirm anything just yet. It was possible that he was just in a different part of the Great World and not the Heavenly Realm.

When Lukas didn’t answer his question after a long while, the man seemed to take his silence to mean something else and continued.

“We are headed towards Westroad Academy, but if you are unable to move, we can take you to the nearest city first.”

“—”

At that moment, the strange feelings that had accumulated in his chest seemed to explode.

Lukas took a deep breath without realising it.

He had just heard something that he couldn’t easily let pass.

“…what did you… just say?”

“Huh?”

“Where did you say… you were going?”

“Westroad Academy.”

It was a name that remained faint in his memories even after so many years had passed.

Westroad Academy.

One of the best Wizard training institutions in the Kastkau Empire, and the school he had attended for a while as ‘Frey Blake’ so long ago. (Note: He didn’t even stay a full semester)

Lukas suddenly looked down at the black ring on his finger.

[Aside from that, I also added a lot of functions of Master. Not to brag, but it took me more than 5 years to make it, so I’d be happy if you wore it all the time.]

Those were the words that had been written in Arid’s note.

‘Functions for me…’

Right. When he thought about it, it was strange.

There was no reason for Arid to engrave the coordinates of the Great World or Earth on the ring. At that point, it was impossible that Arid could have known that he would want to leave the Abyss.

Lukas looked down at the ring that had been given to him as a gift.

A gift for Lukas. Functions for him.

…It was possible for Arid’s communication power to pinpoint the exact coordinates of a universe. In fact, he’d even used his power to show Lukas a scene from his homeworld.

What if…

What if the reason Arid had taken five years to make the ring was because he was looking for the coordinates of a specific ‘universe’?

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And what if those coordinates were for the ‘universe that Lukas wanted to return to’?

Lukas stared up at the man in front of him blankly.

It was only at that moment that his blurry vision gradually began to clear up.

The face he saw was also in his memories.

“What… is your name?”

“Huh?”

“Your name…”

The man seemed a bit suspicious of Lukas’ strange attitude, but he still replied with a friendly smile.

“My name is Peran Jun. By the way, have we met before?”

— Continue to the second half of ‘Season 2’ —