Chapter 733

Waver: "Relying on Phantasmal Species for transport gives a completely different feeling."

Extra Feng Xi: "Does it feel like you've traveled to another world?"

Waver: "Yes."

【The group follows Furiuga forward, carefully examining the surrounding scenery.】

【Several open-air stalls are lined up on the side of the road; the stalls are full of international color, not just roast meat and roast fish, the air is filled with unique spices, burnt sauce, and other miscellaneous smells.】

【There are also several stalls displaying medicinal herbs, many of which should have medicinal effects unimaginable on the surface; perhaps even spell bodies like elf roots that can only be seen in textbooks are there.】

【Just as they are walking, a noisy sound comes from a stall not far away; it seems a dispute has occurred.】

【Good guy, sand and dust are raging, purple lightning is bursting; they have already started fighting.】

【The people around pass by indifferently, as if such conflicts are a common occurrence.】

【"Don't look around randomly."】

【Noticing Gray's movements are a bit too big, Luviagelita immediately reminds her in a low voice: "If you are seen as a newcomer, someone will definitely want to take advantage of the situation. From just now, I have felt about three kinds of scrutinizing gazes."】

【Furiuga smiles when he hears this: "Ha, the young lady is really used to it."】

【Luviagelita: "Hmph, even if I haven't been to Albion, I have a lot of experience visiting foreign countries. In any land, Edelfelt must be with the pride that matches this name."】

【"Hmm, you are right."】

【Furiuga reminds: "It would be fine if it could be solved with money, but the pickpockets here prefer blood and internal organs."】

【Seigen: "Although the blood of a magus sells well everywhere, I didn't expect that even internal organs could be sold here..."】

Tohsaka Rin: "Internal organs? Could it be, organ trafficking!"

Extra Feng Xi: "Very normal; even in a society ruled by law, there is no lack of people who take risks, let alone a lawless zone like Albion."

Sieg: "They are all humans, why do they do this..."

Shishigou Kairi: "Kid, don't overestimate human nature. In this kind of place, strength is everything."

【Gray: "The houses in this area look like they are built with earth blocks; could it be..."】

【"Oh, you discovered it? Right, your spell sensitivity is very high. Then, I'll show you a simple and easy-to-understand example."】

【Finding a corner with no one, Furiuga draws the small knife used for divination from his waist and stabs it into the wall.】

【Immediately, he sees that after the knife is pulled out, the gap created is instantly filled.】

【"Very impressive, right? This is just like the 'shirou' in ZG mythology."】

【Furiuga explains: "Although it is only a very shallow surface layer, this is the Spirit Tomb Albion after all. This place is equivalent to the tail part of the dead giant dragon; even simple earth blocks have appeared with the attributes of the ancient dragon. This situation is particularly significant in this area."】

【"Most of the buildings in this city are built by using magic to control the habits of these earth blocks."】

Caules: "Good guy, that means the houses here will never be damaged."

Tohsaka Tokiomi: "As expected of Albion, even the land has magical power!"

Tohsaka Rin: "Um, what is 'shirou'?"

Extra Feng Xi: "It's 'taisui', the name mentioned before; 'shirou' is the name in the 'Classic of Mountains and Seas'."

【Gray: "I remember magic is not suitable for mass production, right?"】

【"That's the theory on the surface; there is some difference in this underground space."】

【Waver explains: "Of course, these buildings sacrifice strength and many other conditions in structure, but you can't transport cranes from the surface."】

【"Conversely, as Furiuga just said, the source of magical energy here is dense to the point of excess. You don't need to reach the magical precision of a different dimension like in the Age of Gods to easily perform large-scale magic... Of course, this also requires a corresponding number of magi and corresponding strength. Therefore, there should be more excellent magi here than in the Clock Tower on the surface."】

【"After all, there is also something unique to Albion called 'Composite Workshop' here. Plus, not to mention the central area of the mining city, the terrain in surrounding areas like this often changes. To facilitate immediate reconstruction, they use element conversion and golems, etc., to constantly build these temporary towns."】

【Furiuga smiles: "In any case, the economic circle of each area is built on Albion, this great labyrinth—that dead dragon of unknown name. This city survives by biting into the rotting corpse, snatching the flesh and hair of the corpse, and eating the maggots that grow on the corpse."】

【Luviagelita: "Oh my, it sounds like it suits my taste."】

【Seigen: "Then, where are we going next?"】

【Furiuga: "To my teacher's side."】

Tohsaka Rin: "Uh... can't you use a better adjective."

Shishigou Kairi: "But isn't it very accurate."

Caules: "He said teacher! But, isn't his teacher..."

Waver: "It seems there is a hidden story."

Kayneth: "Maybe it's another teacher."

【Furiuga leads the group through the sparsely populated streets, climbs the complex winding stairs, and arrives at the outskirts of the city, which is like an anthill.】

【Stopping in a remote corner, his fingers cautiously reach toward his belt, pinching the small knife tucked into his belt, and then throwing it into mid-air, chanting a short spell in his mouth.】

【"Lead me."】

【The sharp blade draws an arc in the air, unnaturally still for an instant—then accelerates sharply, stabbing deeply into the other side of a nearby wall.】

【Then everyone sees that the place where the wall was originally turns into a phantom, and in its place is a passage.】

【Furiuga: "Hmm, my teacher is still the same, using this kind of troublesome illusion."】

【Luviagelita finally can't hold back and asks: "Um, are you talking about that teacher who should have been killed?"】

【"——That's right, I died at the hands of this stupid student!"】

【The one answering her is not Furiuga, but a strange, hoarse, and cheerful voice from deep in the passage.】

Waver: "It seems it is indeed his teacher."

Kayneth: "Faked death, and hid in Albion; it seems he offended some family or big shot, so he needed to disappear in this way."

【The group walks into the passage, rounds the corner, lifts the hanging curtain, and sees the scene inside.】

【Simple cupboards and shelves, Middle Eastern style decorations, several celestial charts, and small knives similar to Furiuga's hanging on the wall.】

【And the owner of the voice is in the center, a short old man sitting cross-legged on a velvet rug.】

【The old man's skin and muscles are very elastic, making it difficult to judge his actual age, but he has no hair on his head, and his yellow teeth are uneven; he should be over seventy.】

【However, there is no so-called old-man smell on him; instead, he carries a scent similar to perfume.】

【Looking at the hookah placed next to the old man, it is immediately clear; is it the smell of tobacco?】

【Old man: "Oh, I was thinking someone was approaching; I didn't expect it to be the stupid student I thought I would never see again, bringing other guests to the door."】

【Seigen: "Um, who are you?"】

【Old man: "Just call me Graf. Everything other than that name, I abandoned a long time ago."】

【Seigen: "So, Furiuga didn't kill you?"】

【"Hahaha, the me as a magus died completely at his hands!"】

【Graf laughs loudly: "The Magic Circuits and everything else are completely rotten; now I can't even control the magical energy of a kid at the rank of eldest son."】

【Furiuga looks unhappily at the hookah in the old man's hand: "You're not paying attention to your health again."】

【Graf: "Oh oh, even picking on the little fun of an old man? As expected of the Master-Killer, the words you speak are different."】

Waver: "Sure enough, the Master-Killer was just a scam."

Caules: "The relationship between master and student seems very good."

Shishigou Kairi: "Although he says his Magic Circuits were all destroyed, it looks like he clearly still has trump cards, otherwise he couldn't have survived in a place like Albion."

【Furiuga covers his face with his hand speechlessly: "Look, as you can see, my teacher has a very impressive ability to offend others. Seeing him so weak, the number of people who want to give him a final blow would be as long as the tourists waiting to play the signature rides in an amusement park, so I killed him."】

【"To be precise, I pretended I killed him, received the workshop and inheritance, and then sent him into the Spirit Tomb Albion."】

【"Hahaha, after all, although the defensive measures of the Spirit Tomb Albion are very strict when leaving, it is unexpectedly loose when entering."】

【Graf smiles: "Even if that weren't the case, he was a survivor who trained here when he was young, so there is nothing he would find inconvenient."】

【"Giggle, thank me; you, a big grass-bag who didn't perform well in the past, have brilliantly redebuted because of this."】

【Furiuga says unhappily: "Many people hate me, blaming me for taking the lead to kill you."】

【Graf: "Turning that resentment into a new magical opportunity is what it means to be a magus."】

Tohsaka Rin: "Did this old gentleman offend so many people during his lifetime? I can't tell at all."

Extra Feng Xi: "Maybe he had a great awakening after being abolished; this kind of plot is very common."

Right, a certain national teacher who can release fire from his hands.