Rebirth Of Abium - Volume 2: Volume 2 Chapter 168 168: Archbishop Rafe

Chapter 168: Archbishop Rafe

Once Abium appeared outside of Silverland City, he changed his appearance into his original human form and went towards Red Village. He wore a regular black linen shirt and pants and held the Death Cane in his hand. He looked just like a normal kid who had no skills in fighting.

Although he met a few thugs along the way to Red Village, they didn’t pose any threat to him. After an hour of walking, he appeared in front of the Red Village entrance gate and smiled. Red village situated only 5 km away from the city and was guarded by two regular silver armored guards. Although they frowned upon seeing a kid during this time, they let him in after a simple inquiry.

Once Abium entered the village, he went to house number 102 and soon found a circular house made of the straw roof. The entrance to the house was blocked by a door made of palm tree woods. Abium went near to the door, knocked it twice, and then waited.

After a few seconds, a black-robed man around 40-years-old with russet brown eyes opened the door with a screeching sound and invited him in with a smile. Abium saw nervousness on Rilos face and chuckled.

”Welcome, Mr. Red Angel.” As Abium walked in, he heard a strange voice coming from the black coffin placed at the center of the house and became startled a bit. He also saw a strange runic circle drawn all over the places and frowned. Noticing Abium’s frown, Rilos spoke hurriedly,

”These are for safety measures.”

While raising his eyebrows a bit, Abium nodded his head in understanding and went beside the Black coffin.

”Hello, Mr. Mike. Sorry for stealing your Tear of Phoenix.” Abium greeted Mike respectfully and apologized with a playful smile. Hearing his words, both Rilos and Mike became dumbfounded. Abium knew they had already suspected his identity and he thought of revealing his identity now was the best choice.

”So it was you!” A calm yet cold voice came out from the Black coffin, sending chilling energy in all directions. In the meantime, Rilos also tensed up as he tapped his spatial ring and got ready to attack Abium at any moment.

For a moment, nobody moved an inch. Abium had already expected this and cast his new Seer’s vision spell. Then next moment, he spoke calmly,

”If you take out that Life prison spell scroll from your spatial ring, I will escape from here with the Death Cane, and your teacher would be sealed in this Black coffin forever.”

Upon hearing Abium’s words, Rilos’s face went stiff for a moment, and soon his whole body started to tremble.

”H-How did you know that I’m going to take out Life Prison spell scroll?” He asked while staring at him with full of anxiety and fear.

”Did you already forget about my identity, Mr. Rilos?” Abium replied with a smile on his face. Seeing his calm attitude, Rilos felt chills all over.

”What do you want, Mr. Red Angel of Time?” Mike, who was sealed in the Black coffin, asked solemnly after a short pause.

A smile crept on Abium’s face as he heard those words and replied casually,

”It’s simple. All you have to do is keep my identity secret and forgot about the secret artifact in Abyssal volcanic dungeon.”

Mike responded with an infuriating tone.

”That’s impossible! I gathered many Novak’s-”

But Abium cut him off with a cold tone,

”Do you want freedom or the treasure hidden in Abyssal Volcanic dungeon?”

Hearing Abium’s unkind words, both Mike and Rilos went silent.

”Argh…You win, Mr. Red Angel. But you must give me some useful information or location of another artifact in exchange.” After a short deliberation, Mike said solemnly.

Abium got startled a bit and began to ponder inside.

‘Information? Although I know many secrets, I don’t think any of those will be useful to him. Hmm, as for the locations of artifacts, I do have some information.’ Abium thought for a moment, and soon a mischievous smile appeared on his face. Seeing his face, Rilos trembled as if he was being stared at by some poisonous snake god! Without minding Rilos’s behavior, Abium began to speak with a tempting tone.

”Have you heard of ‘The Feather of Death’?”

Although his words were short, both Rilos’s and Mike’s mind froze in shock! Both didn’t speak for a whole minute. Once after they heard Abium’s loud sigh, both woke up from the shock.

”Are you talking about the ‘The Feather of Death’ that disappeared 10000 years ago?” Mike asked with an exciting tone.

Hearing those words, Abium got surprised a bit and nodded. In the past, he heard that a mage from Light Church’s affiliated kingdom got ‘The Feather of Death’ artifact and became a hero of Light Church. Although Abium didn’t remember much about that guy’s history, he clearly remembered how he got that artifact.

‘A lucky mage from the Cursed Kingdom found this ‘Feather of Death’ at Ruin located in Skull mountain range and did many unimaginable good things. He became an idol for many youngsters and did much help to poor people. But because of his good nature, he was killed by his girlfriend. After that, she disappeared from the Cursed Kingdom along with ‘The Feather of Death’ and never appeared again.’

Remembering those incidents, Abium smiled helplessly.

‘Poor Mage. Well, at least I will let the Mage live longer.’ He muttered inwardly.

That’s the reason he thought of giving them information about the Nature artifact.

Meanwhile, both Rilos and Mike became so excited and even forgot about their previous hostility.

”So, do you want some clue about that artifact?” Abium asked in a sly tone.

”Yes, of course.” Mike’s rough voice came out instantly from the Black Coffin, causing Abium’s lips to twitch uncontrollably.

”Haa! Go to the ‘Cursed Kingdom’ and search for a Ruin city in Skull mountain range. ‘Feather of Death’ should be hidden in that ruined city.” Abium said with a sigh. He then went near the Black coffin while holding ‘Death Cane’ in his right hand and spoke while aiming the heel at the coffin.

”Break!”

The next moment, a cloud of dark smoke filled with invisible death law power came out from the Death Cane’s heel and surrounded the Black coffin.

Following that, the Black coffin trembled for a few seconds and soon calmed down.

A heartbeat later, an illusionary black distorted face came out of the Black coffin and let out a shrill cry! Then, an illusionary figure turned into the dust of green light and disappeared from there.

After that, the Black Coffin opened while revealing a strange purple dagger inside.

‘Phylactery!’ Abium’s eyes flickered in the dim light. After that, he disappeared from there without even informing them.

Meanwhile, Rilos got startled by his sudden disappearance and let out a relieved sigh.

‘He is still wary of us.’ He shook his head and asked while turning his head towards the strange purple dagger,

”Teacher Mike, what’s our next plan?”

”We are going to ‘The Cursed Kingdom.”’ A rough voice came out from the Purple dagger, and soon a strange black fog came out of it, forming into a human skeleton filled with mysterious runes on those bones. Mike, in his skeletal form, glanced around the shabby room and nodded his empty white skull. Simultaneously, two blue soul fires appeared in those empty sockets and flickered intensely, giving a gloomy atmosphere to the surroundings.

…

On 20th September, Elm street, Commoner’s Borough, Silverland City.

It was around 6 P.M.

In a single-storied house, Abium sat on the wooden chair in his study room and smiled as he looked at two black boxes which laid in front of him. In the past few days, he spent most of his time collecting many materials and finally created these two alchemic bombs.

‘With this, Viper’s safety is guaranteed.’ He nodded his head and stored it in a separate spatial ring.

Suddenly, he turned his head towards the entrance and grinned.

After that, his figure disappeared from the study room and soon appeared at the house entrance.

”It seems you found the healing potion, Sir Viper,” Abium spoke while startling the gray-haired old man, who was about to ring the doorbell. He appeared around fifty-years-old and had scarlet eyes, a round face, and olive skin. He wore a blue overcoat, which fell from his shoulder to halfway down his legs, and large black boots.

”Greetings, Young Baron!” Viper turned his head instantly towards Abium and greeted him while bowing.

Abium nodded his head with a smile and opened the door with a simple push.

”Come in, Sir.” Abium invited while turning his face serious.

Seeing Abium’s serious face, Viper frowned a bit and followed after him.

Within seconds, both appeared in the reception hall and silently sat on the chairs.

”Young Baron, thank you for your help!” A deep voice filled with respect came out from Viper’s mouth.

Abium smiled in response and studied Viper’s body.

‘Hmm, there is no trace of curse left in his body, and it seems he already reached his former peak 6th tier warrior strength. His strength and agility are also reached 9.’ Abium was deeply impressed inside.

”I have a job for you, Sir Viper,” Abium said while passing one spatial ring to Viper.

Upon hearing Abium’s words, Viper narrowed his eyes and took the spatial ring.

Without minding Viper’s puzzlement, Abium continued,

”I already stored 2000 white gold coins, few spell scrolls, three elemental crystals, and two alchemic bombs inside. I was hoping you could go to Holy See and stay there while gathering information. I will meet you there in 5 years.” Viper became dumbfounded as he heard Abium’s mysterious words and soon burst into laughter.

”I thought I’m the reckless one here, but it seems I was wrong.” He said and soon shake his head while turning his expression grave,

”Young Baron, I think you are underestimating the Light Church too much. If I use normal methods to sneak in and started gathering information about them, then those diviners will easily track me down and kill me in a few days. Don’t underestimate those diviners!” He let out a deep sigh and continued,

”I will help you gather all information using my method. But be careful of the Light Church in the future.”

Hearing Viper’s warning, Abium nodded his head thoughtfully.

After that, both of them discussed their plan for another two hours, and finally, both finished their talking.

Then Viper bid his farewell and walked out of the single storied house.

Meanwhile, Abium packed his belongings in the study room and silently disappeared from there.

After a few minutes, he walked out from the Silverland city and went towards Wadel Kingdom’s Blackrock port town direction, located in the southeast.

…

Silverland city, 25th September.

It was around 7 A.M.

An older man who wore a Red Mitre gown stood outside in front of the entrance gate and waited for Mage Sean’s arrival with a cold look on his face. His monolid silver eyes were emitting deep, killing intent.

He had thick eyebrows, pale skin, platinum-colored straight hair, and an oblong face.

Within a minute, a black-robed figure flew from the city and descended in front of him. He had white hair, a long white beard, deep blue eyes, and an oval face with a few wrinkles. He looked more like a dying old man.

”Greetings, Your Grace.” He looked back at the platinum-haired old man and greeted him.

Although Archbishop Rafe was fuming inside, he hides it under his face and said coldly,

”Mage Sean, I need an explanation about what happened in the dungeon.”

Sean frowned a bit, causing his wrinkles to appear on his forehead, and responded with a smile.

”Archbishop Rafe, I think you had seen everything with your own eyes. Bishop Piers’ death had nothing to do with us.”

Hearing Sean’s bold tone, Archbishop Rafe got infuriated inside but didn’t show it on his face.

He knew that was the truth, but still, he got angry and helpless when he thought about that demon.

‘I will avenge you, my child.’ He closed his sacred silver eyes and sighed deeply.

As if Mage Sean had already read the thoughts on Archbishop Rafe’s mind, he said with a chuckle.

”That Demon was already killed, Your Grace.”

Upon hearing those words, Archbishop Rafe opened his sacred silver eyes and asked,

”Who killed it? That Necromancer?” Archbishop Rafe raised his eyebrows and looked at Sean in puzzlement.

But Mage Sean shook his head and spoke while looking at the blue sky.

”I didn’t witness that battle, Your Grace. But one of the apprentice mages saw everything and told us about the battle. It was the fake Holy knight who stood near the Necromancer. I heard that he summoned a Death King from the Underworld using ‘Death Cane’ and killed that Demon with the help of Death King.” Archbishop Rafe got stunned for a moment as he heard Mage Sean’s words and soon remembered the Holy knight who appeared in front of the Necromancer before his incarnation exploded.

‘Mage? Possible!’ His eyes lit up and asked.

”Who is that Mage? I want to thank him.” Archbishop Rafe showed a sincere face.

But Mage Sean shook his head and spoke.

”Even we don’t know anything about him.”

Archbishop Rafe sneered inside at Mage Sean’s reply. He knew Mage Sean was hiding some information and got more dissatisfied inside. He was well aware of Light Church’s current situation in this Keris Kingdom and sighed helplessness.

‘Pier’s decades of hard work had gone into dust in a single mission!’

He silently stood there at the entrance gate for a minute and began to use divination. He made multiple hand signs and began to mutter a strange incantation. His action caused Mage Sean’s eyes to squint sharper. Sean knew that he couldn’t be able to hide that elf’s identity and felt anxious.

If you ask, how did he found out Abium’s identity? Well, Count Henricus had told everything about Abium to Mage Sean to get on his good side. At first, Mage Sean got confused by Abium’s abnormal strength. But when he contacted academic mages, he became stunned and thought hiding Abium’s identity was the right choice.

‘But I didn’t expect this Archbishop would come personally to inquire about the battle and even do divination to find that elf’s identity.’ Sean looked anxiously at Archbishop Rafe and sighed in regret.

Meanwhile, Archbishop Rafe finished his chanting and muttered loudly.

”His origin.”

After that, Archbishop Rafe began to concentrate on the Fake Holy Knight’s face in his memory.

He saw that fake Holy Knight’s face began to blur and was about to reveal the face hidden inside a transparent mask.

But the next instant, another invisible power came out from that figure and ultimately broke his divination spell!

”Heathen!” His loud shout echoed everywhere like an angry roar of a dragon, causing everyone to take a step back.

Slowly Archbishop opened his silver eyes and glared at Mage Sean.

But he didn’t dare to attack him. Although he had the same strength as Mage Alius, he didn’t want to fight with that academic Mage now. He also clearly remembered Pontiff Philip’s warning about another guardian and sighed heavily.

He cast holy wings light spell on himself without even saying anything and flew towards the northern direction.