Book 2: Chapter 9 (3/9)

On the note that Kath left for him, Adrik figured out she was married and what they had done the night before was a taboo that could cost them their lives which was why they kept it a secret without letting anyone else know about it. Time passed, Kath’s husband died of old age because he was just a tenth-tier warrior who could only live up to two thousand years old. At this time Adrik and Kath could have been together but the bad thing was that Adrik had married a Legend-tier magic caster approximately four hundred years prior.

Kath couldn’t wait for Adrik’s wife to pass away of old age. She set up a secret ‘reunion meeting’ with Adrik for both of them to ‘reconnecting’ their love. This went from a one-time thing to a two-times thing and then became a many-times thing. There is an old saying, ‘cheaters belonged together’. Kath then married someone else but continued to have secret meetings with Adrik once every several years to reconnect their love. They both enjoyed the feeling of having sexual contact with each other while being married to someone else.

Adrik continued to level up quickly and became a level 100 Saint Ice Mage when he was less than a million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) years old. Adrik was one of the most potent Solo-Executioners of all time because he had hunted down too many powerful Rogue Mages compared to other Solo-Executioners. Kath went on to become the Lord of the Brown after the former Lord became a God-tier magic caster and was forced to travel to higher realms. Things seemed to be great for both of them until the Holy Mage appointed Gwenn Bigham as the next Holy Mage instead of Kath Donoghan who had already reached level 100.

Gwenn was just a nobody until she finished the Timeless Dungeon that only has five tiers and helped her advance from level 34 to level 74, as well as, received Soul Advancement to upgrade from her Angelic Soul to Archangel Soul. Time quickly passed and when Gwenn reached the age of fourteen thousand two hundred seventy two (14,272), the Holy Mage at that time clearly favored her and used an Ultra Rare Magical Key to open a Dungeon with a difficulty rated nine allowing Gwenn Bigham and Noe Clerico to participate. Noe was already at level 100 and he was tasked to protect Gween in the Dungeon because of the overpowering Saint-tier Conjuration Magic spells that he had created. That was how Gwenn could advance from level 74 to level 100 in less than a thousand years. This was also why a rumor spread around about Noe Clerico and Gwenn Bigham falling in love during their time inside the Dungeon. Gwenn was single but Noe was married to an average beautiful woman who later died of old age of eighty-seven.

Unlike the Timeless Dungeon Kain was attending, the Dungeon that Noe and Gwenn joined was just a regular Dungeon with five tiers. However, because of the difficulty rated nine and only two people participated, the awards were much better compared to a group of more than two people who entered the same Dungeon. After their adventures inside the Dungeon were over, Noe received the award of upgrading his Conjurer Soul into Necromancer Soul, as well as obtain the Monk Warrior specialization while Gwenn received an Advancement Potion that allowed her to level up much faster and a mysterious Magical Equipment that no human can craft.

Despite being inexperienced even after becoming a level 100 Light Mage through an Advancement Potion, this mysterious Magical Equipment made her become one of the most feared people in the world. It doesn’t matter how strong an enemy is, if all of their abilities were revealed, someone will find a way to defeat them. But because no one knows what was the secret Magical Equipment granted to Gwenn by Watcher Zorim, this was why her true power is still unknown. Many people have doubted that Gwenn possesses such Magical Equipment, but no one dares to find it out by force yet.

Shortly after Gwenn reached level 100, the Holy Mage advanced into God-tier, and Messengers of Watcher Zorim escorted her to the higher realms leaving Gwenn to be the new Holy Mage. Just in case you haven't figured it out by now, the Holy Mage position can only be held by a female magic caster, speaking of sexism at its finest. Kath and Adrik were still loyal to the Mages Council despite unfair treatment from the former Holy Mage. But their loyalty quickly changed after Gwenn announced that she will use the Holy Mage's Magical Key to unlock a Dungeon with difficulty rated ten for herself instead of choosing one of the level 100 Solo-Executioners like she was supposed to.

The Holy Mage's Magical Key can only be used once per calendar (1,000,000 years) and it will not vanish after each use like other Magical Keys that can unlock Magical Dungeons. Gwenn's decision wasn’t fair for Adrik who was named the most powerful Solo-Executioner in the history of Toria Continents. Adrik felt like Gwenn had abused her status as the Holy Mage when she decided to use the Holy Mage's Magical Key for herself. Because Noe Clerico showed a special interest in Gwenn Bigham, no one dared to speak against her decision. Even when no one speaks against it, Adrik was the only one who took action upon it by attempting to steal the Holy Mage's Magical Key that can unlock Dungeon with difficulty rated ten to use for himself. He succeeded in stealing the Holy Mage's Magical Key, but it was a fake key as Gwenn always kept the real one with her. Despite failing to steal the real Holy Mage's Magical Key, Adrik could easily escape after massacring more than seventy Saint-tier Solo-Executioners who served the Holy Mage and then flew away from Flumen city using his [Ice Wings] spell. Even those seventy Saint-tier Solo-Executioners were revived by Gwenn shortly after that, Adrik was still being listed down as one of the most wanted Rogue Mages.

Two thousand years later, Adrik ran into Etgar Revenmar who was being hunted by twelve Legend-tier Executioners. Adrik gave no thought and exterminated all those Executioners, saving Etgar from being killed by them. After hearing Etgar wanting to avenge Linette Whitfield by killing the Executioner Vonda Hardy, Adrik advised him to create a Blood Mages Guild where all Blood Mages can unite together which can enhance his success chance much better. Adrik and Etgar traveled together and rescued several Twin Soul children before officially establishing the Blood Mages Guild.

Even after Adrik was listed down as a Rogue Mage, the love Kath had for him didn’t change at all. More importantly, Kath was even angrier at Gwenn for her selfishness. First, Gwenn stole the Holy Mage position that should be entrusted to Kath by the former Holy Mage. Second, if Gwenn didn’t announce that she will use the Holy Mage's Magical Key for herself, then Adrik wouldn’t go against the Mages Council by attempted to steal that Magical Key. In front of Gwenn, Kath always kept her smile letting Gwenn know that she is friendly toward her. But Noe had been friends with Kath long enough to see through her heart and could tell when Kath was really smiling and when she faked smiles. This was why Noe Clerico often advised Gwenn Bigham to be careful with Kath Donoghan because she is an old fox that can't be trusted one hundred percent.