Passerby Villain In A Wizard World

'Damn, can you stop looking at me like that?'

Ian looked at the pitiful look on Ignysyl's face as if he was being bullied and couldn't help but feel speechless.

"Okay, okay. No need to feel so sad. I'm not selling your body. Why are you acting like I bullied you?"

Ian rolled his eyes, looking at the disheartened figure of the little dragon, whose face was so energetic and smiling just a moment before.

Although he was ruthless, he realized he wasn't ruthless enough to let this cute little guy show such a sad look because of him.

"Okay, hear me out. If you help me control this artifact and take out something I want, I will listen to one of your wishes. What do you think?"

Ian wasn't a fool. By now, he already knew Ignysyl wanted something from him. And from the way of his complaint, he already knew what that might be.

Otherwise, there was no reason for a dragon, even if he was a baby, to lower himself in front of a weak human like this.

It was just because Ian didn't want to involve himself with the monarch Ignysyl that he acted as if he didn't see it.

But now, whether to complete the Quest or to return the way they came, he needed help from this little guy. So, a little trade-off of favors wasn't bad.

"Really?"

Sure enough, Ignysyl was a child, after all. He couldn't control his expression and got excited immediately after hearing Ian's condition.

"Okay, it's a deal. I can help you control this. But you have to help me with one condition though. You cannot renege on your debt."

Ignysyl smiled, showing his cute dragon teeth while a prong of flames waved along his scales, showing his excited mood. Ian also realized that those flames wouldn't affect him as long as Ignysyl didn't want them to.

"Yeah. So can you start controlling this artifact then? You also need to return to the previous place. Someone is still waiting for me there."

Ian advised.

"Okay, don't worry. Although I cannot control it completely, using it for a brief period is no problem. Just wait and see my majesty."

Ignysyl beamed, throwing away his sad mood, and suddenly appeared above the translucent orb, floating alongside those Spirit Crystals.

"Gral'theon!"

Suddenly, Ian heard Ignysyl mumbling something from his lips when a strong suction force emanated from him as a center, surrounding all the nearby Spirit Crystals.

"Dragon Language?"

Ian looked at the tiny dragon's figure that was suctioning off the Spirit Crystals with a single-syllable spell in astonishment.

"Wait, wait... I didn't say you can absorb them like this."

Seeing Ignysyl absorbing those crystals continuously without stopping as if they were worth nothing, Ian shouted in dread.

Ignysyl truly took his offer to use Spirit Crystals to heart and directly absorbed half of them with his Dragon spell before Ian could even finish calling him to stop.

"Swishhh..."

However, although he did use such a treasure extravagantly, the effect was also immediate as Ian saw Ignysyl getting visibly larger than his tiny form and looking at the translucent orb at the center of the chamber.

"Tor'malyth Kyn'shoris!"

"Boom!"

With yet another spell in the Dragon language, Ignysyl directly impacted the translucent orb at the center with his increased soul power, causing it to shake strongly.

With the impact of his soul, the orb finally showed some reaction as it began to glow and emit light as if establishing a connection with Ignysyl's soul.

"He did it?"

Ian mumbled, clearly surprised, as when he tried contacting the orb, there was no reaction. But now, the swirling colorful light inside spoke otherwise.

'Didn't he say it was hard and might not succeed?'

Ian thought while looking at the place where half of the crystals had disappeared from his vision.

Now that he thought about it, it seemed Ignysyl had gotten too excited and directly enhanced his soul power with those crystals to increase the chance of success.

How much did he value his promise?

'But how long will he last?'

Ian thought while looking at the rapidly decreasing size of Ignysyl, who seemed tired just after impacting the orb. Well, the dragon's way of controlling an artifact seemed as violent as ever.

"Kael'Zaryn!"

Ignysyl didn't stop though and used yet another spell when Ian felt the chamber suddenly begin to shake strongly, just like before.

"Space Shift?"

After experiencing it once, Ian could clearly recognize what was happening as he felt another space shift, this time out of his Ethereal form.

He could already feel the shift in space, which was much faster than when Doranr had used this ability before. Truly, Ignysyl seemed proficient in this art.

'Well, it seems there is no problem if you aren't using spells.'

He then found no effect on him whatsoever when he was in a neutral state, not using any spells or abilities.

'Sigh.... but Ignysyl is now at his wit's end.'

After the chamber stabilized, Ian saw that the little dragon returned to its original size, breathing heavily from his nostrils and huffing up fiery breath.

'Well, he already did his best. That was indeed impressive.'

Ian thought, as he hadn't even been able to get any response from the artifact, while this little guy directly used its major ability while only partially controlling it.

"Here is what you want."

Suddenly, the dragon floating above disappeared and appeared directly next to Ian, throwing a black ring to him, which Ian caught reflexively. Stay updated via My Virtual Library Empire

The ring Ignysyl threw towards him was dark in color with skull markings everywhere and rough to the touch.

Ian could feel that it was a mana-ring, although a little eerie in appearance.

Simultaneously, with him catching the ring, he also heard the System prompt in his mind, which he ignored for now since he saw Ignysyl talking to him in labored breaths.

"My soul is completely used up. I need rest. I will send you outside and find you after a few days."

Ignysyl said in a childish voice, sounding tired, and waved his hand, intending to send Ian out.

"Wait!"

Ian wanted to say something when he felt the artifact's rejection and was directly thrown outside.

"Remember your promise. Don't let me down."

In the end, Ian only heard the soft voice of Ignysyl, who sounded so tired and sleepy before appearing outside at the same place he entered the inheritance hall—except there was no longer any Inheritance Hall in his vision.

'Damn! Is he going to use all the Spirit Crystals?'

Ian gnashed his teeth in frustration as the value of those was astronomical. If Ignysyl really did that, he would be heartbroken.

However, he was also grateful to Ignysyl, as without him, he wouldn't have been able to do anything to that artifact.

In fact, his thinking that Ignysyl was wasting those treasures was like those people complaining in videos about rich people wasting money in his previous life.

It wasn't his to begin with, so why should he feel bad about it?

So, while he was getting conflicted in the feeling between frustration and gratitude, he heard a soft voice calling him loudly from behind.

"Ian! You are here."