Return of the Class 8 Mage
24. The dragon song (4)

The Book of the Songs of the Dragon (4)

Ian stepped on the corpse of the gargoyle.

It becomes a sticky, slimy liquid.

It should not be called a corpse anymore.

‘It looks like most of the traps have been activated.’

But he must hurry.

Which trap is not a disposable trap.

Each time it returns mana, it will be ready to be activated again.

Therefore, it would not stop its function completely, unless Ian removed the source of the mana.

It was a mechanism similar to cold magic on a wine container.

And the source is Ian's target.

“I met you earlier than I thought.”

Ian approached the golden table on the underground floor.

A book sits neatly on the table over there. There was no dust on it even after passing through many ages.

It had an impressive appearance that was decorated with gems.

“Dragon songbook.”

It was the source that operated the underground system of the old ivory tower.

The book itself has the function of storing mana.

“And this note is still here.”

[This is not an item that humans dare try to possess.]

[Especially you, who are reading this note right now]

It's all about the notes.

To be honest, the first statement of the note was quite true.

Most people will not be able to understand the first sentence of the book.

Of course, Ian disagreed with the second statement of the note.

‘Who will write this?’

An old ivory tower where no more witches remained.

Someone used this area as his home.

And those wine containers must have been his masterpiece.

‘A dragon, most likely?’

But what dragon left a note in human language?

The record that seduced the founder?

A mystery that Ian had thought of in his previous life.

But the conclusion is that he doesn't know.

But.

*burn!*

The note burns every time it is touched.

Even one message was enchanted with a spell.

The mysterious man who hid the dragon songbook here, he must be a great magician.

“And the freak.”

After Ian wiped away the ashes in his hand, he took the book from the golden table. Mana spread to each underground passage through the table. Especially which ones to break, which ones are connected to which traps. Otherwise, his doubts would have made the trap activated again. Well then, Ian won't be able to survive.

*Thirrr……*

The sound of deciding which of the tables resounded throughout the area.

Now the mana traps and cold magic on the wine container were scattered

‘In this life,’

Ian looked at the book with relief.

Indeed, it was an amazing item.

Perfect proof that dragons once lived in this world.

The ultimate power that returns Ian to the past.

‘I might approach this experiment in a different way ...’

While planning, Ian opened the book.

His hand muscles still remembered his former actions.

But something strange happened.

“…..Huh?”

Ian could not take his eyes off the book.

He can't. It was different from his previous life.

‘Blank space...?’

It should be filled with the words of the dragon.

But now, among those words, there was a lot of empty space replacing those words.

There seems to be a few words missing.

‘What happened?’

Ian looked through the book carefully.

What kind of words are missing?

‘Gosh.’

After reading it a few times, he was able to make a single conclusion. The cause may be uncertain, but there are similarities from those missing words.

‘Words of the golden dragon tribe.’

The golden dragon tribe.

Dragons that have gold skin and scales.

In old legends, they were the tribe that governed the dimension of space-time. Of course the legend is true, Ian proved it himself by going back to his past.

‘Only words lost golden dragon tribe’

‘How?’

Ian had given up thinking about the impossibility of this situation.

The dragon chanting and the self-spinning time were unrealistic.

It is far from possible and impossible.

However, he needed to find out the reason why it was missing.

It must have been very critical and important for further dragon chanting research.

‘Maybe because I already use it?’

That's the most reasonable deduction.

Ian rewinding time with a golden dragon chant.

What does this mean? That is, when he recovered his strength, he could control time with his will. Ian used to feel pretty excited about it.

‘And if this chant has time control settings ...’

Ian stopped his thinking for a while.

He closed the book, then arranged his mana.

To recite the words Golden Dragon.

‘……!’

As he expected.

The words Golden Dragon lost in the book, Ian could not recite any of them.

Dragon chanting is not just a word that can be spoken just like that using his tongue.

They are spoken through mana, which literally means the word whose root comes from where it is itself.

There was only one conclusion he could make.

After the dragon chants were used, they disappeared.

So they tend to be disposable words.

Not only the dragon chants of the Golden Dragon, but all the dragon chants recorded in the book.

‘I have hope that I can rewind time again and again.’

This was a shocking truth he never expected.

One of his biggest insurances has disappeared.

And what would happen if he never found out?

Heavy loads were added to the lives of both.

“Hm.”

No more benefits can be gained from meaningless worries.

He decided to gather the things he needed and think about future matters later.

Ian's investigating under the table.

If it was the same as in his previous life, there must be a box somewhere.

A box that will be very useful.

‘It's there.’

Ian's hand stretched out toward the box.

He pulled his handle.

*Shiid*

The box was pulled out of the drawer.

Inside, there was a precious treasure.

That was the reason why Ian did not want to accept money as his reward.

“There is no reason not to accept it.”

It would be very useful whenever he needed money.

It was better for Ian to prepare some money for future use. He may ask someone to support him financially, but the best money is money he can use without the help of a third party.

‘First, let's grab the most valuable,’

He wants to take it all if possible.

But he couldn't accept it for now.

He only carried one bag, a small bag.

He has no choice.

‘I feel like a grave robber.’

Well, actually it might be a good way to describe him.

He visited the ruins without anyone watching him.

He found a secret path.

He took out ancient artifacts and treasures, and he was reluctant to leave behind any remaining treasures he could not carry.

It was the perfect way to describe him.

‘But why...’.

Now his bag was filled with the greatest ranked gems.

He obtained a dragon songbook, and gargoyle eyes.

‘...Do I feel very satisfied?’

Ian felt hard.

It even erased the shock from the words of the missing dragon.

It was an awkward feeling.

The feeling of a successful grave robber.

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Should he yell ‘Jackpot!’ for now?

“…..Let's move haha.”

A bag full of treasures, Ian carried it on his back.

He wanted to leave this place immediately.

To eliminate this awkward satisfaction.