Falling Mage and the Power of Divergence

The people of Leiria call the Dark Territories an area that extends between the two nations of the Dacrea Great Empire, culminating in the kingdom of Leiria governed by the Episcopal Church and the Great Demon King Lucifer. Coincidentally or inevitably, the people of the Dacrea Great Empire also called that part of the Dark Territories.

But the perception of the dark realm between the two is only slightly different. The Dark Territory in Leiria is an undeveloped area that extends outside the national territory, a dangerous area where the powerful Warcraft are still living. It's the first place I wouldn't be involved if I lived normally. In contrast, the Dark Territory in Dacrya is an area that stretches between the districts of Dacrya governed by the respective demon kings, and the place is a neutral zone free of interference from certain demon kings. Warcraft also exists, but there is a stronger impression that it is a place free from the interference of the Demon Kings than that.

The perception of the people of both countries was so far different, even under the same designation.

And now there was a single carriage traversing that dark realm from west to east, that is from the Kingdom of Leiria side to the Great Empire of Dacrea side. Despite the fact that one horse is rushing through the dark realm at tremendous speed, it has not conveyed a little vibration to the carriage pulling back.

The carriage might as well be gliding off the ground rather than ground if it is more accurately described. The man pulling the horse's reins is silently focused on maneuvering. He makes it an ostensible profession to be a merchant who also undertakes the transport of people, but the truth is, as long as he gets the money, he is a haulier in the dark realm who carries any people. He was quite a well-known man, especially in the world behind Dacrea, where he also had strong connections with the work behind him, the dark parts of the Adventurers' Union.

By the way, the answer is still active if you ask me if the horse is used even in Dacrea. It is undeniable that two- and four-wheelers, powered by magic with high propulsion on behalf of horses, dominate in Dacrea, where technical skills are high. But non-magicians and others who don't have magic still use horses.

But this haulier is a magician. If you want to, you can also use two-wheelers and quadricycles powered by magic. Then why bother using outdated horses like this?

The answer was to their customers. Known as hauliers in the back world, nothing they deal with is just the dark parts of the Adventurers Union. In some cases, they also connect with the Demon Kings and the Faces of the Dedemonized Kings. Then, naturally, the place of work will include not only Dacrea, but Leiria.

For example, the Railia Magic Games invasion earlier. Its main culprit, the Demon King Detodelion-Belzebub, also borrows the hand of this haulier when travelling near Leiria. If he were to use a two- or four-wheeler powered by magic to get close to Leiria, he would definitely be suspicious. But if you use a horse, the carriage won't get suspicious even in the mainstream Leiria.

There will be suspicions of identity checks, etc., but suddenly the chances of being attacked drop. In that sense, the haulier's horse was still in demand.

Even so, horse performance is a difference in cloud mud when compared to Leiria.

The legs of the carriers' horses are fitted with specially made hooves, which are a kind of magic tool. Horses can float a few millimeters off the ground by using atmospheric magic particles that have become observed in recent years. Thanks to this, horses who have lost friction with the ground can go incredibly fast.

This groundbreaking invention greatly changed the history of Dacrea. A magic particle in the atmosphere is, as its name suggests, in the atmosphere, and in other words, it can be used by 10,000 people. What that means is that it can also be used by non-magicians.

This means that if this technology develops, maybe even non-magicians will be able to use magic in the future, just like magicians. It means that the previously existing framework of magicians and non-magicians may be repealed.

But this is only the absence of the future, and now it's just an aerospace theory on the desk. Besides, today's technological capabilities make it nearly impossible to collect magic particles from the atmosphere and exercise magic. The latter would measure higher values in all respects in the magic particles available to 10,000 people and in the magic powers in the body optimized for their magicians.

Besides, the device for returning magic particles, that is, hooves of this kind, etc., are still in the process of being developed and exchanged at a fairly high price because of their low circulation. For this reason, it is not easy for non-magicians to hold it, nor can they even use it.

After all, it was the current situation that wealthy magicians were introducing such devices to curb their own consumption of magic. And this haulier is also one of its wealthy people, and has always dealt with a variety of customers.

But even the haulier was nervous now. The reason is because of the guests he is currently putting in the carriage.

When the passenger boarded within the Kingdom of Leiria, he silenced himself even to the Great Empire of Dacrea. The haulier was slightly dissatisfied with the attitude of the guests, but never said anything. Because I couldn't complain more than being a customer.

But the customer was the most fearful man he had ever dealt with. It's not that they did anything in particular, but something the man was hiding inside scared him. Carriers have absolute confidence in their intuition.

It is a qualities of birth and perhaps a talent that cannot be acquired by acquired. Thanks to this talent, he has never had to pry behind his customers to measure his strength. Maybe that's why I've survived in this industry over the years.

There is a constant alarm from the moment his senses are felt in the man. It's dangerous.

You may not believe it, but the haulier thinks the customer may not be human enough. He said it was like a monster in a man's skin.

There was never more in the darkness of the Adventurers' Union, nor in the Demon King of Dacrea. It does possess non-standard powers, but it still remained within the human sphere. But the man seemed to have something different from a human being.

So the man just shuts up and concentrates on his job. Don't let the guests behind you understand your own upset.

But the customer had noticed the man's agitation from the beginning. And he was smiling at the sharpness of that inquiry. The man's name is Michaela. He's one of the premier magicians with the alias Angel.