Woooossshh...
Woooossshh...
The strong wind is passing through Grizel's small body, she is standing in front of a cliff, after matching the coordinates of the treasure map and the northern map, Athena said the treasure is hidden in a cave in the middle of the cliff wall.
Looking for the cave placed in the middle of the cliff wall is not a problem because Grizel has a sharp and wider vision like a sniper as a rogue class awakeners compared to the other class even though in this pitch-black night, however, the main issue is not the cave.
'Are you sure this cliff is the right one?'
'Pfft, I am sorry Master but yes it is the one'
Grizel asked Athena in an extremely irritated face, and Athena's mocking tone makes her want to consume the whole cliff with the Gluttony power of the artifact if only it won't cause any commotion, this region has a lot of cliffs, it's reasonable if the treasure is ended up being hidden in one of the cliffs, but...
"Why have to be this one huh? It's a damn 1704M-high-cliff!"
Grizel said while tightening her grips as if ready to whack a certain Emperor, she is cursing in front of a forbidden place called Nágrind cliff by the locals, the highest and deadliest cliff on the continent, covered entirely by a strong and wild wind with a mixture of foggy atmosphere befitting the name of the death-fence.
'A wrong step and I'll move on to my third life'
She is grumbling inwardly, Grizel can not use her light steps and jump recklessly to climb the cliff due to the strong wind enough to sway her tiny body.
'Athena, is there any way to use the flying magic for me?'
'Hhmm... there are 2 ways to use flying magic even if you are not a Wizard Class awakeners, First is using a blessing'
'You know I don't possess any flying type blessing yet'
'I know, Master. That's why you have no choice but to use this second option, but it's too risky'
'What is it?'
'Ancient magic circle'
'Ah, I remembered you said that Ancient magic circle can be activated as long as the user has mana no matter what class they are'
'Yes, you can use the ancient magic circle to fly, because it was considered as a basic magic circle back in ancient times, I have the book to teach you how to draw the circle, but the problem is...'
'Mana, isn't it?'
'Exactly, Master. For ancient magic circles, mana is like fuel. I know you have a tremendous amount of mana but this cliff is high, if your mana was emptied before you reach the cave, the flying magic circle will disappear and you will fall from the midair'
'How long do you think I can maintain the magic circle?'
'Based on your current MP, I think about 500M at most'
'I will certainly fall then, how about this artifact's mana?'
'Wait, Master. Did this artifact has mana?'
'Not at the beginning when we found it, but this artifact has stored the mana from the monsters consumed by it ever since our first hunting, Oh! don't tell me the mighty omniscient Athena didn't know about it? Pfft...'
Grizel who finally got her revenge on Athena is started to talk in a teasing tone.
'Didn't I told you before this artifact is mysterious even for me to understand completely, Humph!'
"Hahahahaha"
Grizel is laughing out loud, this little girl is giggling alone in the middle of the night in front of the deadliest place, a normal person will run in goosebumps if they witnessed this creepy scene.
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Woooossshhh...
"Wohoooo, this is what you called a fantasy life"
Grizel is flying through the wind, she chirped happily as the cold breeze creeps her whole body and mess her hair.
'It's your first time acting like a normal 8-year-old child, Master'
Grizel who was too absorbed enjoying her first flying magic didn't bother Athena's annoying remarks. This child-like behavior continued until Grizel arrived in front of the entrance of the cave.
Grizel floats in the air while examining the entrance because the wind here is more violent compared to the other place.
'Athena, is it magic? I can feel a hint of mana here'
'Yes, Master. It's certainly a high-level wind magic barrier though it was already weakened'
Grizel takes out her traveling pillow from the spatial storage and throws it to the wind barrier.
Slash! Slash! Slash!
The pillow shattered the moment it touched the wind barrier.
'Are you sure it's a weakened version?'
'Master, this barrier was cast at least more than 1000 years ago, possibly casted by an ancient magician'
Grizel recalled the restrictions mentioned once by Athena, this restriction made a huge gap between the ancient awakeners and the awakeners in the later generation.
In the past, the awakeners are far more powerful and more blessed with mana and strength, but nowadays humans have limited growth, and the only human who has no restriction like the ancient people is Grizel, but this little girl is still at the intermediate levels compared to the ancient awakeners, she is only 8 years old after all, though young, she has a rapid growth and will be on par with the high-level ancient awakeners in no time.
'I think this much power wouldn't cause a lot of burden on my body if I consume the barrier with the artifact, maybe a little pain'
'luckily, this barrier has weakened, if it was on the prime strength you will have a severe backlash on your body to consume it, Master'
Swoosh...
Swoosh...
The violent wind becomes quieter as it was absorbed by the black ring in Grizel's pinky till completely vanished.
"So the name of the spell was The Rage of Wind, well seeing my favorite pillow was shattered mercilessly this name is perfe- Urgh!"
Grizel groaned in pain, a sudden backlash caused pain in her chest.
'As expected, absorbing the high ancient magic spell is still a little bit too early for me'
Huff... Huff... Huff
Grizel flies to the cave to rest her body and adjust the heavy breath but in contrast to her sweating face, Grizel has a smirk.
She looks intensely at the small box place in the middle of the superficial cave.
"Finally"
To be continued...