Earth's Greatest Magus Chapter 313 - Behind Door

"What do you think this place is, kid!? A tavern where you can just co and go?!" Killgragah snapped as his voice bood through the air, almost making Ery's ears go deaf.

Hearing the serious tone in Killgragah's voice made Ery's face change. He beca worried and a little bit fearful because of the sudden roar.

"Err... No! Of course no, supre being. I… It's just.. I still have things I really need to do… I am sorry if my words have offended you." Ery quickly added.

"Huh! You have to know that as long as you are in Khaos with , our minds are interconnected! So don't lie to , kid."

"I know the thing you wanted to do. Let tell you that what the Leaf Lady asked you is just secondary. You have to always think of Khaos first! The Lord of Shadow is the answer to everything."

"..." Ery beca speechless, as he did not know how to react to that statent.

Ignoring Ery's current condition, Killgragah continued his 'lecture',

"Your next recall will happen in three years ti, right?!? With only your re B aptitude, you will not be successful if you don't spend every second of your ti training in this place!"

Naturally, Ery wanted to spend as much ti as possible in here to increase his power. But at the mont, he still had many things he had to do in his list and people depended on him.

Reading what was currently on Ery's mind, Killgragah snarled, "Kid!"

"Aren't you forgetting about your dark core?! That should be your priority right now! You think too much about other things, when what you should do is to focus on yourself first!"

Upon hearing that, Ery imdiately rembered that important part, the dilemma he currently had. His dark core, the core everyone in the Academy, even the headmaster, could not do anything about it.

Subsequently, he realized the implied aning of Killgragah's words. With a doubtful gaze, Ery turned to look at the massive dragon and asked, "Then… supre being... Do you... know the way… to solve my dark core issue?"

Ery swore he could hear Killgragah scoffing, as if he heard the stupidest question of the century, "You really are foolish, kid. If I didn't know the solution, why would I have told you to do it in the first place?"

Ery was surprised, then delighted. In an instant, he said, "Please supre being. Tell how!"

Seeing the eagerness in Ery's tone, Killgragah laughed, "Hahaha... The answer is… behind that door."

While saying so, Killgragah looked towards the door, the one that had been closed since the beginning, the one Ery couldn't open no matter what he did.

Ery followed Killgragah's gaze, saw the door, returned back to the dragon and asked, "What's behind the door?"

He was curious about what was hidden inside it.

Killgragah spoke his next words calmly, as if it wasn't sothing much, "The legacy of the Lord of Shadow is in that room."

"Then... How can I enter the room?"

"Like I said previously, kid. Only when you are worthy... You, as of now, are only worthy to take care of my poo, kid."

Ery once again sighed when he heard another of the dragon's mocking words. For a mont, he even thought that it would be nice if the dragon could cut down his mocking habit.

"Therefore, I forbid you to get out of this room until you are worthy."

Realizing that he would be stuck here for a long ti if he allowed the dragon, Ery imdiately pleaded, "Please, supre being. Is there really no other way? There must be one."

"No. Other. Way! It's not negotiable! Huh! You are indeed a human. They think everything is negotiable. How laughable."

Ery wrecked his brain capacity, trying to think of a solution that could satisfy the two of them. After a period of ti, he thought of one thing the dragon might be interested in.

"How about this, supre being. What if I bring you the part of Khaos that was stolen.. That granny of mine. That must be sothing that you want, right?!"

By simply saying the first reason, Ery managed to change the dragon's expression.

"Actually… that would make things much easier…" Killgragah murmured, as his massive claw rubbed his chin like an old man.

Inwardly and silently, Ery recalled the word 'not negotiable' the dragon had just said a second ago. He chuckled at that.

Seeing his idea being bitten by the dragon, Ery quickly pushed forward to not let the montum go, "And how am I going to find her if I'm stuck here..?"

"You… that's- Yes... You do make a good point, kid."

At the mont, Ery really thought his idea was brilliant. This way, the High Priestess' quest and Killgragah would be connected with each other. The exact definition of killing two birds with one stone. For a mont, Ery almost believed he was a genius to even think of this.

Killgragah fell into deep thought for several seconds. He then said, "No, no... with your level of intelligence, you would never find her. It would just end up being a waste of ti. You have to stay here practicing."

Ery knew he only needed one more thing to negotiate, to convince the dragon. Hence, he pressed on.

"Alright, Killgragah. How about we do it like this.. I spend one month outside and then, I return here and stay for one month as well. And when I manage to complete my quest, I can stay here indefinitely. How's that sound? I think this is the best way."

Seeing the dragon show a more agreeable face, Ery decided to add the last push.

"And supre being, I can bring you many, I an MANY tasty things from outside whenever I return. What do you think?"

Apparently, Ery's last push was successful as the dragon beca excited.

"Ahh. yes... It's indeed not a bad idea... Not bad indeed. But, one month is too long... No, no. You would only waste precious ti…" Killgragah murmured, contemplating.

The dragon thought of an idea.

"Aha! Yes, you actually can do it like this."

Turning his attention back to Ery, Killgragah said, "Kid! If you master the Spatial Gate, you can return here everyday! Yes! Daily! And then you can keep bringing those- I an, you can still continue your training uninterrupted!"

Ery required a mont to follow and understand the dragon's words. When he did so, he was surprised. He just didn't think it was possible.

"Alright, kid! This is the plan! You will learn and increase your mastery of the Spatial Gate spell until you are able to return to this place whenever I need you."

Right in this mont, both the dragon and the man had the sa target in mind, but for two completely, different reason.

…

It took Ery two full days before he could cast the [Spatial Gate] spell that would create a rift big enough for him to walk in and out the gate. Mastering the [Blink] spell had helped him a lot to pinpoint the location he wanted to teleport to with his eyes.

Now, the next challenge Ery had to face was to teleport to a location outside of his sight. Hence, he began with feeling the area outside the Khaos, outside this enclosed space.

"If you can have a glimpse outside of this Khaos space, it ans you have mastered the spell. Then, we will proceed with the plan."

It took Ery three more days before he could finally do the task. He casted the spell and he could finally see the familiar stone formation through the rift he created.

"I did it!!" Ery exclaid. He was truly excited to see the success of his efforts.

Thus, it was ti for him to go.

Before Ery walked out of the Khaos space, Killgragah reminded him to not waste his ti outside of Khaos and to co back as soon as possible.

Even though the dragon's words seed sincere, Ery could clearly see what the dragon's true objective was.

After nodding and giving his respects to the dragon, Ery then took a step outside of Khaos.