Irvin was on the ground unable to get up as his legs refused to move , the sound he just heard had managed to knock him on the ground but that was not the biggest reason why his legs refused to listen to him it was because of what he saw
He saw the man that was responsible for the sound that made the boar charge at him , lean back and hurl a lightning bolt that completely roasted the boar in an instant
"A Mage!!!" Irvin was frightened , only a mage and one of a high rank could accomplish a feat like this
"That takes care of that" he heard the man speak as he was slowly approaching him
"Hello friend , my name is Lucian what's yours" the man asked
Irvin looked at him and was shocked to realize that the man wasn't actually a man but what he assumed to be a very tall teenager
"Are you ok ? are you perhaps hurt anywhere ?" the young man asked curiously , but Irvin still didn't answer the young man as he was still in shock of what he just saw
What's up with this guy Lucian asked himself , just a little a while ago he was full of energy shouting at the top of his lungs for me to run
"!"
Is he perhaps scared of me and thinks that i'm going to hurt him , Lucian decided to reassure the man
"Do not worry I'm not going to hurt you I just saved you didn't I , if I wanted to hurt you what would be the point of saving you then"
He saw the man finally relax , so he really was scared Lucian sighted mentally , and here I thought he was hurt or something
"You're right forgive my rudeness grate mage , my name is Irvin" Irvin finally replied
"So Irvin , you hungry ?" Lucian pointed at the boar , he had not eaten anything in years thanks to the colosseum restoring his body to a 100% every time he was slowly dying of dehydration or starvation but that happened very rarely since he was killed by Talon way before he even got the chance to experience those things
"Is it still edible?" Irving asked bewildered by the question yet still curious
"Sure it is , well done just like I like it hahaha" Lucian laughed as he pulled one of his daggers from his belt and walked towards the boar
"You don't mind eating on the ground do you?" he asked
"No grate mage , eating with you would be an honor no matter where it is" Irvin replied as politely as he could
"Enough with this grate mage nonsense I gave you my name for a reason so use it" Lucian looked Irvin in the eyes and continued
"Isn't that right , Irvin"
Irvin felt pressured the moment the young man locked eyes with his
"Understood ..... Lucian" he said with grate difficulty
Lucian was satisfied , if i'm going to waste my breath giving you my name you better use it
"Say Irvin do you live around here?" he asked while chewing on a peace of dry meat
"I live on the outskirts of the Valoran Kingdom in a town called Oldford" Irvin replied honestly
"Why do you ask?" he asked
"Well you see I have been training for a very long time in isolation so I know almost nothing about the world"
"And being teleported to a random location by my teacher didn't exactly help as it confused me even more" Lucian said to the listening Irvin while still chewing on that dried meat
He had made this story up with half truths and half lies the moment he got here just in case he needed to provide an explanation about why he was so clueless or if someone asked his origins , not that he cared but it was good to have if he needed it at some point in time
He didn't expect to use it this soon in his journey but he had no choice as he had enough of wondering around aimlessly in the woods , and he could use this guy to get some much needed information
"Do you think you can help me out and tell me more about this Kingdom of Valoran and where we are right now ?"
Irvin was baffled , you mean to tell me that you who look around 16 to 17 years of age trained in isolation for what ? six to seven years lets even make it a decade and achieved the power you just displayed do you take me for a fool ?
He was not having it , not to mention that he was randomly teleported by his teacher to an unknown location , what kind of teacher would do that. Irvin knew exactly what kind , the none existing kind that's what teacher would do it
But he didn't show it on his face because he didn't want to end up like the pig the young man was happily chewing on so he played along
"I would help as much as my knowledge allows me , this place is called the Red Wood forest and is located north west of Valoran" he started to explain everything he knew about the Kingdom of Valoran and the territories bordering it
After carefully listening to Irvin's explanation for an hour and asking a couple of more questions along the way Lucian finally understood the basic geography of this world and where he was currently located
Apparently this planet was called Viserys named after some really strong mage who managed to split one of the two continents this planet previously had into three smaller one's in order to stop all of the bloodshed the three ruling empires at the time continued to spill trying to gain complete control over the entire continent
The three continents were named after each of the individual empires , Phara , Vrurith , Waltram and the location he was currently in was in the northern part of the Waltram continent that was ruled by the Kingdom of Valoran who was known as the wealthiest Kingdom on the continent since most of the Copper , Silver and Gold mines are in their territories they even had a crystal mine which they used to sell to the Magic Tower so the mages could make their mana crystals
He also learned of the existence of the adventurers guild and merchant guild whos influence was spread throughout the continent thanks to their neutrality
But what he also found out was that the Kingdom of Valoran did not have a lot of mages apart from the court mages protecting the Kingdom it was mostly known as a political Kingdom that dealt with trades and such
Hence why Irvin was so afraid of Lucian when he saw him use magic , he had assumed that Lucian was part of the court mages returning from a mission given to him by the King and if that was the case Lucian would kill him to leave no witnesses since court mages never left Valoran unless they were ordered by the King
"This was very helpful Irvin as a thank you I will help you catch one of these boars so that you can complete your mission I promise not to fry it this time" Lucian looked at Irvin and smiled
"There is no need" Irvin quickly interjected
Although he would like to believe his intuition was correct that this young man was lying about his origins after more than an hour of answering his questions he slowly started to believe this young mans story
Because frankly he had no other explanation , no one could be this ignorant even if you tried to pretend being one eventually you would slip up somewhere but after more than an hour of hearing his questions he was absolutely sure he was not pretending and was just plane ignorant yet he was a mage
Mages were crowned as one of the most knowledgeable beings on this planet yet here he was , answering basic questions for over an hour to probably the worlds most ignorant mage this world has ever seen
"Nonsense" he heard the young man rebuke back at him as he got up and patted his butt to remove the dirt that had stuck to it from sitting on the ground
"Even if you don't admit it , I had forced you to sit with me and answer my questions which you have done genuinely the least I can do is help you out as well" Lucian said adamantly
Refusing any objections from Irvin as he did not like owing anyone any favors , which Irvin had done for him by teaching him the basic things he needed to know going forward and saving him a lot of time of trying to learn it by himself