Passerby Villain In A Wizard World

Chapter 146 Funny Retribution

However, just when Ian wanted to escape, an untimely voice that seemed immature sounded right beside him, making him jolt in surprise.

This was truly retribution, as he had just done the same thing to Dornar earlier, and now it was his turn.

But he never thought someone could see him in his Ethereal form. Discover exclusive content at My Virtual Library Empire

"Who?"

Ian first thought it might be Dornar, but then the voice was so childish that it didn't sound like him at all.

So, he quickly turned around and looked at the entity that was reprimanding him in a childish tone.

But what he saw made Ian bewildered as he didn't know what to say.

'Dragon?'

Ian looked at the small figure in front of him that looked like a dragon with glowing ember-like scales, flickering with prongs of flames, and tiny horns that radiated a soft, fiery light.

It was just floating and looking curiously at him with his shimmering eyes mixed with orange and golden hues. All in all, it looked quite magnificent yet so beautiful.

'Baby Dragon?'

"Who? I am Ignysyl. Didn't you invite me at the door of this Glowy Spire? I... I was always with you but you didn't see me."

The baby dragon, Ignysyl, replied to Ian with an innocent voice while complaining at the end. From the aggrieved voice at the end, he seemed truly offended that Ian didn't see him following all the time.

'Gulp!'

When Ian heard the name of this dragon, he gulped hard nervously as he never thought there was someone following him all the time, that too the Ignysyl, a monarch-level dragon.

'But why do I have a hard time believing he is the Ignysyl?'

Ian thought while looking at the tiny figure in front, that had no majesty he imagined a dragon should have.

Maybe because it was still a child, Ian found him cute instead.

'Would Ignysyl burn me alive if he knew I thought of him as cute?'

"So, why are you running away? Why don't you use your Spectral Vision to devour him? He is too weak to resist, anyway. Oh, by the way, don't worry, he can't hear your voice within my domain."

In the end, Ignysyl puffed up his chest and assured Ian as if to show him how awesome he was. Truly, he appeared as innocent as a child could be.

How could Ian believe he was Ignysyl like this?

"Is that so?"

Ian looked at Dornar who seemed to have come out of his surprise and scanned the whole white room with his perception. However, from the way he looked, he didn't seem to have heard them talking.

"But what is Spectral Vision? How do you know I have it?"

Ian asked Ignysyl while looking at his vertical eyes with his. Now that he thought about it, the reason why he could see and hear this dragon now must be because of his Ethereal form.

Until now, he had no idea what this ability was. But it seemed to have many uses yet to be discovered. Perhaps this little guy knew something.

"That thing on your core. You are using the wrong form. Use the correct one instead. Spirits don't like color."

Ignysyl tilted his head and advised Ian as if it were a matter of course.

"But, you are a human, why do you have a core? And you have so many streaks than me. Not fair."

In the end, he began to complain himself as if he was ashamed to lose to Ian.

'Core? Streaks? Is he talking about this?'

Ian thought while feeling the incorporeal Life Seed in his mind that was vigorously pumping energy continuously.

Fortunately, after he reached second-class apprentice level and increased the Ethereal Disguise to the Ascent realm, he could maintain this form a little longer than before.

'But how do I change it to a translucent one?'

Ian already knew that his eyes were blue whenever he was in this form. And from the way Ignysyl just advised him that Spirits don't like color, he already knew that it was because of the linings.

So, maybe changing them to translucent might help.

He did as he thought as he already saw Dornar beginning to use array mechanism in the room. He would just check the effect and if there was any issue, he would leave immediately.

As Ian concentrated on the incorporeal life seed in his consciousness and tried to use his mental power to rotate it, suddenly the Life Seed made a connection with his thought.

"Swish!"

And then it rotated just the right amount according to his will, almost as if conditioned.

'Woah, that was quite easy, but my mental power drained a lot.'

Ian thought when suddenly he felt his vision drastically change, allowing him to look around panoramically.

"Yeah, that's the spectral vision, just like mine."

He then heard the cheerful voice of Ignysyl who was looking at him with innocent eyes but this time devoid of pupils.

Only now did Ian realize that his pupil color changed to translucent, or it simply disappeared, just like little Ignysyl in front of him.

'So, is this what Spectral Vision means?'

Ian thought while looking at the different view he was seeing after activating this vision.

Before, what he was seeing was the material world then now he was seeing the spirit aspect instead.

For example, in Ian's vision, Ignysyl now appeared like a baby spirit without the glowing ember-like scales flickering with prongs of flames. But weirdly his tiny horns looked the same.

Dornar was the same, as he finally saw his true spirit form instead of the false image portrayed by the use of the array.

Also, he noticed that this white room was filled with some essence that he couldn't see before. What it was, he didn't know, but he guessed it must be something that Dornar used to survive in his spirit form.

Just when Ian was looking at everything around in a new perspective, a whirling sound echoed around the white room as if some mechanism had been triggered.

"Do you think you can hide from me just because you have good concealment ability? You really think I can do nothing to you, huh."

Then came the cold voice of Dornar who activated all the array inside the room after not finding Ian's figure even with his perception.

Although he didn't know what method Ian used to hide, at the end of the day, this was his dimensional artifact.

'It seems I appear too soft.'

Dornar thought while controlling the whole dimensional artifact that was connected to his soul with the help of an array.

Although his gift of intuition wasn't a good talent, it was very useful in other things like crafting puppets and array mechanisms. He could predict if anything could go wrong beforehand and correct them in real-time.

That's how he managed to control this rare artifact with only his limited strength.

'Let's see if you can still hide.'

This was a rare artifact that helped him run even in the presence of the second ring wizard who was sent by Kaelzor.

It was by no means simple.

"Spatial Shift!"