Passerby Villain In A Wizard World

Chapter 149 Spirit Crystal

Since Ignysyl had the power of space, why not use him to get to the core of this dimensional artifact fast?

With Dornar's use of the Spatial Shift, he didn't know how far he had traveled inside this first floor. So, if this little one could help him find the core and then return the way they came, that would be the best.

"Of course, I can find it. Just follow me."

Ignysyl immediately sprang up with vigor after getting a challenge from Ian. He fluttered his wings in an excited mood and began to glide along the white room toward one of the corners.

He seemed to have already sensed something.

"By the way, why can I see you now?"

Ian asked after finding he could still see and talk with Ignysyl even after deactivating the Ethereal form.

'This is really odd.'

"Hm? Oh, I don't know."

Ignysyl was also confused, as he had been with Ian before, once he entered the Glowy Spire. But Ian had never seen or heard him at all.

Yet it seemed Ian could do that now.

Ignysyl didn't think much of it but became happy instead, as he finally had someone to talk to.

"Hey, little guy. Do you know who you are?"

Ian asked again after seeing an elated mood on Ignysyl's face, which maybe he didn't even know how to hide.

'He is really like a child.'

"Me? I'm Ignysyl. Didn't I tell you?"

The dragon asked, confused as if he didn't understand why Ian was asking him again.

"I mean, how did you get here? Why are you in this place? Can't you go outside?"

Seeing that he didn't understand, Ian asked in simple words, trying to gain some knowledge.

"Ah... that I don't know. When I woke up, I was already in this tower. And I can't leave this floor or this Glowy Spire. It is so boring, there is no one here, and even if someone came, nobody could see me."

Ignysyl explained in a disheartened tone.

"I only have some memories in my mind, and I know that I'm Ignysyl, a great dragon. That's why I was so happy when you called my name."

He then looked at Ian with his curious eyes, as if to find out how Ian knew his name.

"You can hear what I say in my mind?"

Ian asked, as this really puzzled him.

From the way he saw Ignysyl, he didn't seem to have the extraordinary power of a Monarch. He just had weird powers and abilities at his disposal at most.

"No, no. I can't. I just seem to be able to feel if someone calls my name."

Ignysyl waved his paw to show that he wasn't spying on his thoughts, as if afraid that Ian would misunderstand.

"Hey, I found the core of this room. It is right here."

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He then quickly shifted Ian's focus and pointed at the white wall in front, which seemed no different from the others.

"Yeah, I also felt something."

Ian nodded as he also faintly felt the traces of space power.

"Just follow me."

Ignysyl beamed and once again used his small domain to wrap around Ian and flew straight through the wall.

"What the?"

However, as soon as Ian passed through the white wall with Ignysyl, what he saw in front made him yelp in surprise.

"It is that guy's body. I can smell it."

Ignysyl sniffed the air around and concluded that the skeleton in front was of Dornar, which was just placed in the corner haphazardly, visible as soon as someone entered this room.

'So, he died inside this artifact?'

Ian thought while looking at the skeleton slumped in the room's corner.

"Tch... I don't like dead bodies lying around."

Then he saw Ignysyl murmuring in annoyance and waving his paw, directly engulfing the skeleton in fire.

"What are you doing?"

Ian asked, feeling weird about his out-of-the-blue behavior.

"I don't like dead bodies. They disgust me. Let the dead return to where they belong."

Ignysyl replied in a youthful voice while his fire burned the skeleton remains into smithereens with nothing left behind in just a few seconds.

The power of the fire of a dragon, even if it was just a baby, was truly awesome.

At least, Ian couldn't reduce the skeleton of a First-ring wizard into ashes this fast unless he directly used the Inferno Burst.

"Hey, look, this room seems to have something awesome."

After incinerating the skeleton remains, Ignysyl quickly forgot about it and exclaimed with excitement while gazing around the chamber they had entered.

The place they arrived at after passing through the white wall behind was a circular chamber bathed in a dim, bluish glow from the floating crystals all around.

Ian could feel the same energy he felt in the white room from those crystals. So, he couldn't help but scan the nearest one with his mental power to see what it was.

[Spirit Crystal: A natural gem imbued with the essence of the soul.

Effect:

1. Consumption of it can temporarily stabilize a soul, preventing its dissolution or fragmentation.

2. Can be used to increase spiritual power, restore soul energy, or as a conduit in a Necromancer summoning of undead.]

'No wonder he survived this long even after he died. Did he find some inheritance land or what?'

As far as Ian knew, Spirit Crystal was as good as Mana Crystal if not even more important especially if it was for a Necromancer. So, he didn't understand how Dornar got so many of them.

He could see that there were at least 100 of them just from his calculation, floating around the entire chamber.

'But this guy didn't mention this wealth to Carl at all in Arcane Passage. Is this what he wanted to give to his family?'

Ian now could guess how incredible the chances were that Dornar saved from Kaelzor for his family, as said by his system. After all, Kaelzor was a Dark Wizard.

However, what made him amused was that even when Carl and Kaelzor got into a fight due to this incident, Carl never knew about this until the end of Volume 1.

'How pathetic!'

Carl swore a Wizard Oath and helped Dornar deliver the item and message and even got involved with Kaelzor, a Fourth-ring wizard, but never knew the real intricacies behind it.

If that wasn't pathetic, Ian didn't know what was.

'Good thing, I killed him cleanly.'

Ian thought rationalizing his earlier action.

"Heh... I can now clearly feel it. Haha... See, that is the core of this artifact. I can find it so easily."

Ignysyl's laughter, followed by his joyful words, made Ian shift his focus to the center, away from the Spirit Cystals.

There, Ian finally saw a massive, translucent orb swirling with golden and silver mist, suspended above a dark stone pedestal surrounded by spire-like glowing crystals.

"Yeah, it must be the core."

Ian agreed as he could feel the faint power of space emanating from the massive orb in front of him.

He then looked at the surroundings, where there was nothing but white crystals suspended in the air facing the core and the complex array of patterns etched all over the walls and floor.

'But... Where did he hide his treasure?'