Chapter 32: Possible Outcome
It had been almost an hour since Atlas had fallen asleep. Dumgrith had finally managed to get out of his own room, and after a short time, he managed to gather the academy’s head professors in Cordelia’s parlour.
Everyone was waiting with great curiosity for what Dumgrith had to say. The old elf looked solemnly at the people around him and then placed the magic stone that Atlas had carved for him on the table.
Six people were standing around the table. Abraham and Dumgrith, the five most powerful mages in the academy after Cordelia, were in the hall.
Cordelia stood up with great curiosity and then reached for the magic stone on the table and then held it in her hand and began to examine it.
"The craftsmanship of the runes is excellent...However, I can’t say that I know much about what these runes mean. I am only aware of the [K] rune in the centre of the stone. If I am not mistaken, it must represent the word [Open] in the ancient language. Where did you get this stone, Dumgrith?"
When Cordelia said these words, Dumgrith smiled and then shook his head and said, "It cost such a fortune I shall say, my lady. If you knew what this stone was for, you would even think of making the whole academy on me."
Cordelia smiled with great curiosity and then said, "Is that so? Tell me then."
Shrugging his shoulders at that moment, Dumgrith pointed to the magic stone in Cordelia’s hand and then said, "This stone, my lady, is a stone with runes that open the locks of secret dungeons, those dungeons that cannot be unlocked even when they are found."
Hearing these words, each of the professors at first clearly thought that Dumgrith had lost his mind. After all, even Cordelia, the first Sage and perhaps the person most seriously connected with magic and ancient culture in this world, had never encountered such magic.