Warlock of the Magus World

by Stayrr

What happens when a scientist from a futuristic world reincarnates in a World of Magic and Knights? An awesome MC is what happens! A scientist’s goal is to explore the secrets of the universe, and this is exactly what Leylin sets out to do when he is reincarnated. Dark, cold and calculating, he makes use of all his resources as he sets off on his adventures to meet his goal. Face?

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Marat Canyon

Marat Canyon was located at the end of Pome Alley.

It was a barren canyon where the area and economy were both destitute. Apart from several wretched people who lived here in extreme poverty, no other humans would bother with a place like this

However, after the discovery that there was an entrance to a secret plane in this area, everything changed.

Ever since one of the entrances to the Eternal River Plains' secret plane was discovered here, Magi from every corner began to fight each other over the area.

Eventually, the hunting and battle teams from Four Seasons Garden, with the aid of the white Magi domain, managed to repel the dark Magi forces and claim this land as theirs.

Soon after this, unaffiliated Magi and acolytes set up a market for magic items in the surroundings.

Four Seasons Garden's higher-ups were well aware this place wasn't well developed and dispatched people here. They treated this Magus Market as the center of their power and created a little town, welcoming all non-dark Magi.

The first impression Leylin had when walking in this small town was that it had a lively atmosphere.

"Looking for members! All of us are level 3 acolytes! We have a healer!"

"The latest map of the secret plane for only 500 magic crystals!"

"Walking Dragon Flower! Walking Dragon Flower that's freshly plucked from the Eternal River Plain's secret plane for 6000 magic crystals! This is a discounted rate!"

"I am looking for a group to join! I'm a level 3 acolyte and have both offensive and defensive skills. I also know three healing rank 0 spells."

From the entrance of the little town, various stall-keepers, adventurers and official Magi were crowded together, constantly arguing over prices till they were red in the face.

Everyone was at least an acolyte. There were no regular humans.

The whole town was like a busy food market.

After much effort Lelin arrived at Four Seasons Garden's administrative area, which was located in the middle of the town.

Compared to the chaos outside, it was much quieter inside the administrative area, which had the battle and hunting teams guarding the area.

Leylin couldn't help but think about the two official Magi he had seen at the entrance to the administration area.

Getting two official Magi to stand guard obviously caused the Magi and acolytes who came here to feel immense pressure.

Numerous Magi were chattering amongst themselves quietly as they walked by Leylin. All of them looked to be in a hurry.

"Welcome! May I know if you're here to do the entrance procedures? Please provide evidence that you aren't a dark Magus, and then present 500 magic crystals. You will then have a one-time opportunity to enter!"

Leylin came to a counter, and as soon as the personnel saw him, he quickly spoke very formally, as if he were selling tickets.

In reality, Four Seasons Garden's higher-ups had actually capitalized on the opportunity to enter the secret plane by selling entry permits.

"I'm not a Magus from anywhere else. I belong to Four Seasons Garden's Potioneering team and have been transferred here!"

Leylin placed his token of identification on the counter.

"Ah… My apologies, Lord Leylin!"

The personnel took a look at the symbol and name on the token and bowed.

"No worries!" Leylin looked at the several counters that had a long queue behind them and asked indifferently, "Have there been many magicians going in recently?"

"A large amount have come! Once we had allowed non-affiliated magicians to enter, the Magi and acolytes who came forth to register had filled up this area… We even had to request for several of the hunting team Magi to maintain order!"

The staff smiled wryly.

Leylin was aware of this policy.

Before he came here, he had taken a tour around the town and gathered information.

Though Four Seasons Garden had taken over this entrance, the amount of magicians who came here was no small number. If they kept hogging the entrance, it was sure to trigger someone's dissatisfaction.

It wasn't much if it was just acolytes, but when there were wandering official Magi involved, the situation wasn't as easy to deal with.

If there were dark Magi purposely inciting conflict, then this cause a catastrophe!

Hence, the light Magi factions made a temporary agreement to become allies. They decided to open the entrance up to the public.

All entrances that were controlled by light Magi had rules: other than dark Magi, as long as one paid up 500 magic crystals, one would have the right to enter the secret plane!

In addition to this, there was the condition that acolytes had to give up 50% of their earnings within the secret plane to the light Magi powers guarding the entrance. Even official Magi would have a portion of their profits taken away!

Even with these fees, magicians still flocked here.

They unceasingly entered the secret plane and explored the areas without fear of death. There were some with good luck that managed to survive and leave the area with large amounts of resources. This attracted more acolytes to enter and risk their lives in the plane.

While these free labourers were dying by the dozen, Four Seasons Garden was hiding in the shadows and stealing portions of their profits. They were earning a fortune from this, and on top of that, through coercion and purchases, they now had a map of almost a million mu of the plane and received precious information firsthand.

To large light Magi organisations like the Four Seasons Garden, the resources that were currently inside the secret plane was just a small reward. What they really hankered after was the continuous production of resources that the secret plane could provide!

Hence, with the resources as the bait, large organisations such as the Four Seasons Garden were able to attract many magicians with no affiliation to risk their lives and enter the secret plane for the resources. In exchange, they would be able to obtain more information regarding the topography and ecosystem within the secret plane.

As for the unaffiliated magicians, even if they were aware of the manipulations and hidden agendas behind the entrance fees, as long as they walked the path of a Magus they had no choice but to enter this profitable scheme that the white Magi had established. As the saying goes, as one is willing to be hit, one is willing to beat.

Even Leylin had no choice but to approve the deviousness of this shrewd plan.

"I have 2 Grand Knights servants with me, they left for this place before me. Have they arrived yet?"

Leylin asked.

"Please wait a minute, I'll check for you!" The staff hurriedly flipped through the thick book of records and accounting.

"I found it, it's only yesterday that your two Grand Knights servants brought your mount and luggage here. Also after showing us your identification token, they were allocated to district D9 no. 23!"

The staff member bowed.

"I will report your arrival as soon I can. Regarding your task allocation, someone else will contact and inform you in detail!"

"En! Great!" Leylin nodded his head. After leaving a secret imprint with the staff as a proof of his arrival, he left the great hall through the back door.

Behind the administration area was rows of orderly wooden houses.

These houses were modelled simply, and the edges were rather rough. They looked as if their construction had been rushed.

Within these wooden houses, one could occasionally see a few Magi and acolytes wearing Four Seasons Garden accessories.

In the middle of these buildings, a huge platinum gate that was tens of metres tall was standing tall proudly like a mountain.

It stood tall there like an ancient existence. On the gate were numerous runes connected together. They seemed to be alive and kept wriggling on the gate frame.

Just the aura from the gate to the secret plane made it difficult for Leylin to breathe.

"Is this the entrance to the Eternal River Plain's secret plane?" Leylin raised his head and surveyed this gate that seemed to be rising into the heavens, eyes full of unspeakable awe.

The preciousness of a secret plane could be told from its entrance.

Entrances to secrets planes comparable to that of the Spirit Slaying Sect's plane could be easily destroyed by Leylin. The Gargamel that was as strong as a rank 2 Magus even had the terrifying power to break out of such planes!

However, if it were here, that Gargamel might not be able to even create a crack in the gate to the Eternal River Plain's secret plane!

With an area of more than ten million mu, its internal structure and defences had to be unimaginably strong. Even if rank 2 or 3 Magi were to battle fiercely, the secret plane would be unaffected.

Leylin guessed that even a rank 4 Morning Star Magus would have a hard time trying to destroy this platinum gate.

Such a secret plane could be said to be a continental treasure! It was something that could help large organisations progress rapidly, or aid someone in taking over the world!

After actually seeing Eternal River Plain's secret plane, Leylin finally understood how it could attract Magi from all over the south coast and even cause a Magus war.

"Unfortunately, no Magi organisation in the south coast is confident that it can take over the whole plane. As such, the plane has to be divided."

Leylin sighed and turned his attention to the bottom of the large gate.

At the lower part of the large platinum gate, twenty or so Magi wearing Four Seasons Garden attire were patrolling the area like soldiers.

From these Magi, strong undulations from powerful elemental essence conversions of at least 50% were purposefully released!

Their bloodlust was also very obvious. It was apparent they weren't idiots who were taking the resources based on luck but were actually seasoned Magi warriors!

Blue light flashed in Leylin's eyes, and the A.I. Chip immediately scanned the several spell formations that were laid around the entrance of the secret plane. There were some defensive formations, while others were for detecting intruders.

With such tight security, even if it was Leylin who were to try infiltrate inside, he would only end up dying.

"What's displayed might just be on the superficial level. There would at least be a rank 2 Magus holding fort around here!"

Even outside Four Seasons Garden's secret plane, there was a rank 2 Magus standing guard outside. Leylin did not think when it came to the Eternal River Plains' secret plane, the Four Seasons Garden would be reluctant to send a rank 2 Magus as the guardian.

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Dolorin

Leylin quickly looked at the faces of these Magi.

He remembered each and every Magi that he'd seen at the Four Seasons Garden's headquarters before, but he did not recognize any of the people he saw here. There could only be one reason why these faces were unfamiliar!

They must have been the hidden forces of the Four Seasons Garden, and usually did not show their faces.

From the looks of it, the Four Seasons Garden had taken out all of their trump cards to keep control of the entrance to the secret plane.

Caesar, the three-eyed Magus who was the leader of the hunting team, wasn't here either. If he wasn't hidden somewhere, he must have been on some special mission.

Leylin felt his heart sink, as he was on an undercover mission as a spy for the Thousand Meddling Hands!

It seemed that it was going to be difficult to complete his mission.

Leylin recorded this scene with the A.I. Chip, and followed the signs along the road to find his accommodations.

"Master!"

Leylin approached the wooden house that was in district D9. As they could sense Leylin, the Grand Knights, Number 2 and Number 3, immediately rushed out of the house and knelt on one knee to greet him.

Behind the wooden house, within a fence, the Venom Wyvern, Hawke, had drowsily lifted its head and made a noise of excitement.

"Hm!" Leylin looked over his subordinates that he had remodelled and suddenly regretted having asked them to leave first.

If he hadn't, with the abilities of these two Branded Swordsmen, he wouldn't have to be reduced to that miserable state and be so seriously injured.

"It's important that I find an opportunity and test out the battle abilities and power of the Branded Swordsmen!"

Leylin glanced at Number 2 and Number 3, who were kneeling respectfully, and rubbed his chin.

……

The Four Seasons Garden worked very quickly, and during the evening, a worker in something similar to a suit knocked on the door of Leylin's house.

"Lord Leylin! In the name of the Four Seasons Garden, the elders request that you head for the secret plane tomorrow. You will be taking over zone 13."

This person was also an official Magus. He spoke very slowly, with clear pronunciation. After reading, he passed a piece of parchment that had been stamped to Leylin.

Leylin raised his arms and took it.

The transfer order was on a stack of rather thick, dull yellow pieces of paper that gave a very firm feeling.

The contents of the order were just as the man had said, and on the bottom of the stack of parchments, there was a stamp that belonged to the Four Seasons Garden, along with a few signatures.

Leylin's fingers brushed over the stamp.

Sssii!* Four rays of light emerged from the stamp and danced atop the parchment, gradually forming a four-coloured ring that was unceasingly turning. After a few moments, the light died down.

This proved that the signatures and stamp were all real!

Leylin became quiet. "Aren't Potion Masters being called here to take over the roles of healers? Nobody told me I'd be on the frontlines."

Even if one didn't have a brain, it would be obvious to them that this was Caesar's work. Leylin still showed his annoyance and anger.

"I am a potion master, not a fighter! You can't put me on the same level as those Magi with blood staining their hands. I protest!"

"I'm sorry, but this was a decision from the higher-ups in the Four Seasons Garden! If you have any problems, you can report to the elders within 24 hours. However, as long as the elders do not issue new orders to make your current orders void, you will still need to rush to zone 13 by tomorrow. If not, you will be labelled as a traitor and punished accordingly!"

This man said everything matter of factly, not caring in the least about Leylin's opinions. He then gave an elegant bow. "If there's nothing else, I shall take my leave now, Mister Leylin!"

Pak!*

After the main door closed, the furious expression Leylin had on instantly disappeared. Instead, Leylin looked as if he was deep in thought.

Ever since he had arrived here, he had been prepared for people to make trouble for him and treat him badly. All of that talk was just a front.

The reason was that if a potion master were to be sent to the frontlines and took the news calmly, it would seem too suspicious.

"But if time is so tight, I need to start with all my preparation now."

Leylin lowered his head in thought, his eyes sparkling with a faint darkness…

The huge platinum metal gate was, as always, standing tall. Only until Leylin actually stood in front of it did he feel that all that he had seen in the past amounted to nothing in front of this majestic gate.

Now that he was so close to it, Leylin was in awe.

From the gate to the secret plane, he could feel a trace of some ancient aura. What shocked him, even more, was that spiritual force was faintly emanating from the entire gate.

This spiritual force did not belong to any Magus but instead originated from the gate.

"It's a living being and has its own spiritual waves. Perhaps, after a period of time, it can cultivate an intelligence of its own and become a genuine living creature!"

Leylin sighed in admiration and looked around the area.

Though it was early in the morning, many Magi and acolytes were queuing in front of the gate with tickets in their hands.

As there were tens of powerful Magi all around, it was rather orderly.

As an internal member of the Four Seasons Garden, he naturally didn't need to queue up, and instead stood together with a few Magi at the optimal location right in front of the gate.

Number 2 and Number 3 were carrying large bags and quietly following behind Leylin.

"It's 8 am! Open!"

Leylin looked at the hour hand of his pocket watch, which was now pointing to the number 8.

The consumption of energy needed in opening the entrance to such a large scale secret plane was immense. Even the Four Seasons Garden would feel pain at this cost.

Hence, the Eternal River Plains' secret plane's entrance would only be opened once a day at this time.

With the loud order, a dozen Magi who had achieved 50% elemental essence conversion placed their palms against the frame of the gate.

Weng Weng!*

A violent distortion of space rapidly formed in the middle of the gate and expanded.

Creak!*

The gate opened a little, and all of a sudden—light! Numerous rays of white light leaked out, swallowing all Magi and acolytes in front of it!

All Leylin could see was the blinding brightness in front of him, and his head spun from giddiness. After he regained his composure, he was already on top of a large white square in the Eternal River Plains' secret plane.

"Hah!"

Leylin breathed in deeply.

The first impression he had of the secret plane was that there was an extraordinarily dense amount of elemental particles in the air.

[Calculated density of energy in surroundings, found to be 371% of that in external world!]

The A.I. Chip projected its findings to Leylin.

"There is such a concentrated amount of energy, and on top of that, there's so much land! For Magi, this is basically heaven!"

Leylin was astonished as he spoke.

"Listen up! I'll only say this once!"

After the Magi and acolytes present familiarized themselves with their surroundings, a bald, brawny man who seemed to be in charge came onstage. He was donning the attire that the Four Seasons Garden's Magi wore.

His voice was loud and resonant, echoing within the plaza.

"Attention to all Magi and acolytes who are not affiliated with the Four Seasons Garden! From now on, you are free to move about in the secret plane. As long as they have no markings of the light Magi alliance, all obtained items will belong to yourselves! Also, when you wish to leave the plane, please return to this place. Remember, do not attempt to conceal your earnings! The moment you are found out to have been doing this, you will regret having been born!"

The brawny man was very direct, but the discontent of the masses quickly died down with the appearance of a row of official Magi behind him acting like guards.

After the bald, brawny man announced that they were free to go, the Magi and acolytes cheered and rushed in all directions like wild horses let out of cages. In a few moments, they were gone.

"Alright! You are Magi from the Four Seasons Garden, yes? Come with me."

The brawny man turned his attention to Leylin's side, and his tone and facial expression became much friendlier. "My name is Dolorin, and I am the vice team leader of the Four Seasons Garden's defense team! If you have any questions, feel free to approach me…"

It was evident that this man treated those in the same organisation as himself a lot better.

"I would like to know, is allowing these external magicians so much freedom actually a good thing? What I'm trying to say is, aren't you afraid that they'll stay longer in the secret plane or sneak out through other entrances?"

A petite female Magus enquired.

"Hehe! The Eternal River Plains' secret plane is very large, and there is danger everywhere! No Magus can stay here alone for too long unless he or she wishes to die in strange and mysterious ways, or become the excrement of high-energy creatures!"

The brawny man obviously disapproved, a look of fear flashing across his face.

"As for your question about leaving, within one million mu, there is only one entrance, which belongs to us. If they wish to travel to other entrances, they would need to go through exceedingly dangerous areas. Some of them are regions that basically require miracles for even official Magi to pass through due to the minuscule chance of survival!"

"Also, our light Magi alliance have all standardised the fees and set up stringent probing methods. This will not give them the chance to smuggle away their gains!"

"To go through such a difficult path and take such a big risk has no meaning basically unless they wish to defect to the dark Magii… However, I imagine the dark Magi are keener on robbing them of all their gains, and then flaying their skin and breaking their bones to use them as ingredients."

Dolorin shrugged his shoulders a couple times, emphasizing his words with his facial expression.

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Magus Guard

"Zone 13? You're really lucky!"

Leylin was brought to an office-like room in a castle. After Dolorin assigned locations to the few Magi who were queued up in front of Leylin, he opened Leylin's transfer order.

Suddenly, Dolorin let off a surprised squeal. At the same time, he looked at Leylin as if he was cherishing a dear animal.

"Although you are a Potions Master, you were assigned to that place! Kiddo, did you offend someone?"

Leylin could only smile wryly in reply.

"Alright! Alright! As long as the order is correct, I won't ask anymore. Take this, it's a map!"

Dolorin slipped a piece of parchment paper to Leylin.

"Zone 13 is at the border between us and the dark Magi powers. Your mission is to protect the Black Mandara Flowers there, and if the dark Magi attack, you are to give a distress call through the signal tower. That's all!"

Leylin was then sent out of Dolorin's office like he was the plague.

Leylin could do nothing but roll his eyes at this situation.

……

With Leylin's speed, even taking into account the burdens that were Number 2 and Number 3, they hurried and reached zone 13 before dusk.

This area was a small highland and a fort that had been temporarily constructed using an earth elemental spell surrounded the Black Mandara Flowers.

After Leylin provided proof of his identity, he met with the person who had previously been in charge of the area. It was a tall and slender male Magus!

"The signal tower is in the middle of the fort, and your room is beside it. I'm leaving all these items with you. Also, there were some acolytes who had been dispatched here recently; I'll leave them in your care as well!"

The tall and skinny Magus hurriedly handed over the information, and after obtaining Leylin's signature, he rapidly left the room as if he was escaping.

This speed left Leylin rather agape.

"Alright, I seem to have gotten myself into some serious trouble now…" Leylin flipped open the map.

On the map that Dolorin handed him, the highlands of zone 13 that he had been assigned to were like an eyesore, smack dab in the middle of the dark Magi domain.

Since he was surrounded on all sides by the dark Magi powers, there was a high chance of him perishing in that place.

As for the forces that Leylin had, it was merely a few acolytes. Perhaps he would even have to include himself, an official Magus, as a fighting force!

In front of enemies, this trivial bit of power would only be able to warn and call for help.

"…No matter what, I still have to take a look at my subordinates!"

Leylin came to the middle of the hall in the castle and gave a command for everyone to gather. "I am the new Magus guard! All acolytes who hear my voice are to assemble at the hall immediately!"

Leylin's voice wasn't loud, but it somehow travelled to every corner of the castle.

A moment later, hurried footsteps were heard and about ten acolytes jogged into the hall.

These acolytes' attires were messy. Though they all donned the grey robes that signified that they were acolytes, the symbol of their academy and decorative motifs were all different, indicating they were the inferior acolytes that had been left behind by various academies.

The acolytes gave off energy waves that showed they were around level 2 or 3. Upon seeing Leylin, they all bowed in greeting, though they looked quite bewildered.

Leylin patted his head. That Magus from before had left too eagerly and hadn't even bothered handing over his role to Leylin in front of everyone in the fort.

However, it was a fact that the slender Magus had transferred his symbol of authority to him.

Leylin withdrew a black scepter from his sleeves. Following which, various coloured defensive runes formed a spell formation within the large hall.

The scepter that he was holding on to was the device to control the defensive spell formations within the castle and was showed that he was the Magus leader.

After seeing the black scepter, the acolytes present understood the reason for his presence.

"We greet the Lord Magus Guard!"

"En! I'm Leylin. You! Tell me now, is everyone present?"

Leylin pointed at an old geezer acolyte.

"Rep… Reporting to my Lord! Apart for a few acolytes who have been delayed, the acolytes in this castle are all here…"

The old geezer cowered as he reported to Leylin.

Just at this moment, several acolytes appeared at the entrance of the large hall with fear evident on their faces.

What followed was a rather youthful and apprehensive voice, "Lord, we are the new acolytes that were dispatched here! Our sincerest apologies that due to a previous patrolling mission, we had been delayed. May we seek your permission to enter?"

Even here, with Leylin's position as a Magus, he had much power over these acolytes.

Not only could he issue missions as he pleased, he could even sentence these acolytes to death if he wanted to just by saying they had disobeyed orders!

After all, this was a time of war, and they were at the frontlines. Leylin had these acolytes' lives in his hands, and this caused the few new acolytes to be extremely fearful.

After hearing this voice, Leylin's face revealed an expression of astonishment.

"Come in!" He murmured lowly.

Immediately after, three male and two female acolytes entered the hall, still cowering in fear.

The acolyte standing at the front had a head of brilliant blonde hair, thick eyebrows, and big eyes, and behind him was a female acolyte with a large bow on her back. They looked to be a couple.

He trembled a little, but he clenched his jaw and knelt. "My lord! We had no intentions of being late, but they purposely gave us difficult missions to complete…"

"Utter rubbish!" At this moment, the old geezer, who seemed like a cat that had its tail stepped on, jumped forward. "The missions were all chosen by the Bottle of Famedor; how could there be a problem with it? It's obviously you guys who do not respect our new Lord…"

Looking at this scene, Leylin immediately understood the issue.

It seemed that no matter where it was, it was a tradition for the older guys to bully the newcomers.

"That's enough." He spoke softly, with a gruff tone.

The acolytes present all cowered in fear. The wrath of an official Magus was never a good thing to being about.

"This voice?"

While most of the acolytes were ducking their heads in fear, there were a few contrasting voices ringing out.

They came from the acolytes who had just entered while keeping their heads bowed.

"Ley- Leylin!" George opened his eyes wide and looked at Leylin, who was up on the platform. He was gaping, his mouth opened so wide that he was like a huge toad.

The others, who were making sounds of alarm, also included Sheira and Bessita.

Leylin scratched his nose. Though he knew that these three acolytes had been allocated to the secret plane to stand guard, he never expected that there would be such a coincidence that they would be under him.

"My apologies, my Lord! Although you told us to wait for you, after waiting for 2 days and 1 night, there were no signs of you, my Lord. Also, as the time limit for the mission was approaching, we had no choice but to leave…"

Sheira kowtowed, her forehead pressed against the icy cold floor as she did her best to explain.

Leylin nodded his head, he remembered that he had mentioned it before. However, after the battle with Jenna, he had been severely injured and immediately needed a place to recuperate. Where could he have found the time to bother with them?

After that, he had already forgotten about George and his party.

"I don't blame you for this! Previously I had an urgent matter to attend to, which took up much of my time…" Leylin explained.

Peng!* *Peng!* *Peng!*

At this moment, the old geezer acolyte who had jumped forward realised that George and his party were not nobodies who could be picked on. On the contrary, they were backed by an official Magus. He felt as if his soul was wrenched out of his body.

Quickly kneeling on the floor, he kowtowed until fresh blood appeared on his forehead.

"Lo… Lord! Please forgive me!"

The old geezer felt exceptional fear. As an official Magus, Leylin had many methods to make him die a horrible death. Furthermore, conflicts such as these were like child's play in front of an official Magus; he couldn't hope to conceal this conflict.

With Sheira's constant tugging at him, George finally got himself together. As he looked up at his good friend, who seemed to be so far away from him, his expression was complicated.

They were once good friends, but Leylin had surpassed George by such a huge margin that the old man, who was usually hard to deal with, was kowtowing and begging his pardon.

This was a complex feeling that was difficult to make sense of in a short period of time.

George's head was spinning. Although Sheira had told him about Leylin after he woke up, seeing the truth of Leylin's real identity for himself was much different from just hearing about it from others.

However, George was well aware that he could not maintain the relationship he had with Leylin in the past.

It would only be possible if he advanced and became an official Magus, and Leylin did not increase his power and stayed at his current position.

But how was that possible?

George looked at the dashing young man with jet-black hair. "Leylin is only twenty now, right? To actually advance successfully at this age indicates that he has a talent that I can never catch up to…"

In comparison to George and Sheira, Bessita, who was at the side, was stunned, and her expression was even more complicated.

Emotions such as shock, regret, and fear, along with some other emotions she could not make sense of cycled through her face.

"That's enough!"

Leylin waved his hand with an indifferent direction, motioning for the old geezer to stop his kowtowing.

"I don't care for your matters. However, from today onwards, such petty conflicts must end. If anyone continues with it, causing our forces to dwindle and letting the enemy gain an advantage, I will draw the culprit's spirit from his or her body, and torture it for a hundred years. Are we all clear on this?"

Leylin knew deep down that such bullying traditions could not be avoided. Under normal circumstances, if it was not for the fact that he knew George and his group, he would not have given a hoot about the issue.

However, with Leylin here now, not only would these acolytes stop bullying George and his party, they would even do their best to curry favour with them. As a result, he did not have much to say.

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Harvesting

"Alright, if there's nothing else, you are dismissed!"

Leylin looked at George, who appeared to have something to say but kept stopping himself, and then at Bessita and the others who kept silent. He could feel his enthusiasm waning.

Ever since he advanced to become an official Magus, he seemed to be in a different world compared to his original social circles.

Even though his old acquaintances were right in front of him, they felt incredibly unfamiliar, as if hundreds of thousands of years had passed.

"Understood!"

The acolytes under him bowed and quickly retreated.

Even George and Bessita left the hall cautiously after bowing.

Bessita, who was the last to leave, gave Leylin an incomprehensible look and quickly withdrew.

……

In the dark hours of the night, after completing one round of Kemoyin's Pupil meditation technique, Leylin was lying in bed resting. Suddenly, he opened his eyes.

Immediately after, a soft knocking came from outside.

"Come in! The door's not locked!" Leylin got up and spoke indifferently.

The door creaked open, and a human figure dressed in a grey cloak walked in.

"Bessita! What can I do for you?" Leylin glanced at this girl with silvery white hair, his eyes giving off a mischievous aura.

"Lord Leylin, please forgive Bessita for her previous offences!"

Bessita's voice was mild and gentle as she spoke softly. Following which, she removed the cloak that she was wearing and revealed a stark naked body that was underneath it.

Bessita's body had matured from the time he had last seen her. Her body was extremely voluptuous and with exquisite snow-white skin; it seemed as if water would gush forward when the skin was pinched.

Bessita looked at Leylin as she slowly knelt down. In her ruby red eyes, there seemed to be a fawning look earnestly seeking forgiveness.

One might wonder about the feeling of having a beautiful and stunning girl kneeling in front of you, stark naked, for your forgiveness, in the wee hours of the night.

Right now Leylin had experienced it for himself.

However, his expression was serene, as if Bessita's seductive and delicate body was but a broken skeleton in his eyes.

Leylin looked over this intelligent, but also shrewd girl.

"You are smart, but at times, you're too smart for your own good!"

He raised his right hand and caressed Bessita's face, and then trailed it down to her breasts.

"You're trying to seduce me? Just with these two lumps of flesh?"

Leylin's right hand wantonly rubbed at Bessita's soft breasts. The girl moaned, her expression filled with pain.

Bessita suddenly felt an immense sense of dread attack her.

Her might as a level 3 acolyte was nothing to Leylin. What she did have confidence in, however, was her striking beauty.

However, looking at Leylin's icy gaze, she suddenly felt that all she had just done was shameless and laughable.

Leylin's cold eyes left her feeling suffocated.

Her body continuously trembled as cold sweat dripped down. With the passing of time, Bessita's body became flushed and her face pale. It was as if she could die from the lack of air at any given moment.

"However! Rejoice! To commemorate the previous 'me', I have decided to give you a chance!"

Just as when Bessita was about to faint, Leylin spoke softly.

Only then did she recollect herself, and she panted heavily. Previously, it was as if a giant hand was choking her. The feeling of being suffocated disappeared when Leylin spoke.

Bessita took in the fresh air in large gulps with teardrops on the verge of flowing.

There had never been a time where being able to breathe freely was something she considered a blessing.

"Come with me!"

Leylin shook his head and opened the door to a partitioned room.

Bessita trembled and picked up her cloak, which was on the floor, and covered her delicate, naked body.

She had been able to entice Leylin without feeling apprehensive, but now, all she felt was shame. Such a strange feeling made her turn beet red, wishing there was a hole that would swallow her up.

After going through the door to another room, Bessita found that she had come to a secret room that was entirely sealed.

It was a small room, and one could see traces of the bricks on the walls.

In the middle of the secret room, there was a cumbersome metal desk that was similar to that of an experimentation table. Fixed on the four corners of the table were handcuffs and legcuffs.

Looking at this metal desk, Bessita's face turned pale.

She wanted to retreat, yet she did not dare to. Then she realised that oddities were hanging on chamber walls.

For example, there was a short cudgel that was littered with small beads on its surface. There was also a large syringe filled with various glass pearls within, with a suction pad and handle and other strange add-ons.

Bessita's heart sank like a weighted rock.

Of course she was aware that many official Magi had strange fetishes.

She had even heard of a story where a professor in her academy ate a girl while she was still alive after having finished toying with her.

"Don't misunderstand, this isn't mine, but a gift left behind by the previous Magus…"

Leylin fetched a unique binding instrumentation made with cotton and metal chains from the wall. "But I realised that his hobbies are quite similar to my own, in the past…"

Here, Leylin was naturally referring to that unfortunate idiot who had died and allowed Leylin to take over his body.

Leylin didn't like Bessita since she had been taking advantage of him before. Hence, he was planning to teach her a lesson she wouldn't forget.

The previous Leylin had suffered a great deal at the hands of others, and had eventually died.

Leylin believed that since he had taken over everything that belonged to the previous Leylin, it might be his duty to take revenge on his behalf. It wasn't anything that difficult anyway.

"These items here have been modified and are exactly what 'I' liked."

Leylin glanced at Bessita who was in front of him; a malicious smirk was on his face…

After Leylin willfully vented his feelings, he seemed to be completely fine the next morning and handled matters in the fort.

Bessita, however, struggled as she emerged from the secret room the second night.

Her face was completely pale and her bones seemed to have no feeling in them. The scent of blood was strong on her, and Bessita stayed in bed for a whole week before she could force herself to walk.

If this had happened before, acolytes would have expressed their disapproval and complained.

But now, even if Bessita were to be absent for seven days, they could only tolerate her behaviour. After all, not every acolyte could have relations with an official Magus, right?

She suffered repercussions after that incident, and every time she looked at Leylin, both her legs would involuntarily shake as if she had seen a devil.

Of course, Leylin didn't care about that.

Once he had used all the methods that he had gleaned from the previous Leylin's memories on Bessita, he never approached her again.

The reason for what he did to her wasn't because of some perverted desire or hobby. He simply wanted to punish her and take revenge for the original Leylin Farlier.

Hence, after heartily venting his anger, all matters regarding Bessita had been forgotten.

Leylin was currently patrolling the sea of Black Mandara Flowers.

These black flowers had petals that were the size of a palm. Atop were blue spots that were like stars, and in the night they would even give off milky white rays of light.

The Black Mandara Flower was a subdivision of the Mandara Flower. Their petals were an extremely precious resource for acolytes and even official Magi who specialized in negative energy.

In the external world, a Black Mandara Flower petal could sell for a staggering price of over 1,000 magic crystals!

And here, what Leylin had in front of him was a whole sea of these flowers!

"The resources in the Eternal River Plains' secret plane are so bountiful that it makes one's hair stand erect!" Leylin exclaimed even though it was not the first time he had seen them.

A pity that above this sea of Black Mandara Flowers there was a surveillance spell. Before he decided to turn his back on the light Magi, he had to temporarily restrain any notions of seizing the flowers for himself.

In addition to the surveillance spell, there were intricate probing spell formations at every entrance to the secret plane . The question of how to secretly transport these resources out was a very troublesome problem.

Now he could understand why the Four Seasons Garden wanted to erect a fort in this area.

Occupying a strategic location was just one aspect, but Four Seasons Garden could also not give up this huge sea of flowers.

Although the Eternal River Plains' secret plane was extremely vast and had bountiful resources, this sea of Black Mandara Flowers was extremely valuable even amongst the other resources in here.

If not for this terrible location, the Four Seasons Garden may have most likely sent a large army to defend this area.

"Lord! Our task every day is to try harvest as many of these Black Mandara Flowers and transport them away before the enemy arrives!"

Beside the sea of flowers, an acolyte trailed behind Leylin and explained the concrete details.

"Ennea Rings bless us! As those damned dark Magi discovered several large-scale resource areas, skirmishes arose as a result. We will most likely be facing a large amount of dark Magi forces… There are still some dark Magi and acolytes who try to break through the defenses every once in a while to steal the resources. Furthermore, we also have to guard against certain light Magi…"

This acolyte smiled wryly.

"I understand! Anyway, our mission is to harvest all these flowers as soon as we can and fend off wandering Magi and acolytes. If we are in a situation of distress, we have to send a signal. Is that right?"

Leylin asked indifferently.

"Yes, that's about it!" The acolyte's smile turned even more bitter.

Such a tactic was plainly inviting Leylin and his party to dance at the edges of a sword and use their lives in exchange for resources.

"I got it!" Leylin spoke solemnly after a moment of silence.

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Conflict with Ciel

Leylin looked over the immeasurable number of black flowers in the distance as he calculated their progress.

As long as all these Black Mandara Flowers were harvested, the headquarters wouldn't have any reason to prevent him and the others from leaving.

All the acolytes that Leylin had previously met were currently in the sea of flowers, carrying simple containers made from green vines. Their hands were covered with rings of dark energy particles as they plucked the Black Mandara Flowers with great care.

"This progress is too slow!"

With this kind of harvesting speed, Leylin estimated that it would take at least another month before this field of flowers would be completely harvested.

The opposing dark Magi would never give them so much time.

"I must find a way to speed up the process!"

Leylin squatted on the ground. With his hands covered by the dark light of a magic spell, he touched the petals of the Black Mandara Flowers, a light flashing in his blue eyes.

Ding Ling Ling!*

Suddenly, a series of shrill sounds, like those of a small bell, rang.

Buzz buzz!* A barrier of white light was emitted to tightly surround the field of Black Madara Flowers.

"The defensive spell formation has been activated! There's an intruder!"

An acolyte started to yell, "Everyone, beware!"

Whoosh!* Suddenly, a dark silhouette darted out from the high grass surrounding the field of flowers.

Crack! Crack!*

Two huge white skulls emerged from the hands of the black silhouette.

The skulls didn't have bodies attached to them, and floated in the air spookily. Inside each of the skulls' eye sockets was a red ball of continuously burning flames.

These huge skulls opened their jaws, revealing fine, sharp, white teeth as they bit into the white light barrier.

Boom! Boom! Boom!*

The white light of the barrier was blinking constantly, as if it would break at any moment.

"Oh!" The black silhouette exclaimed in surprise, seemingly unsatisfied with his own performance. Following which, a black aura consisting of energy particles appeared around his body.

Suddenly, the black energy aura emitted a serene light, which turned into two streaks of light as they hit the skulls.

Crack! Crack! Crack!*

The red fire within the skull's eye sockets suddenly expanded, and the structure of the skulls expanded considerably. Cracks even appeared on the surface of the skull. It seemed that the energies inside were expanding too rapidly and the skulls were on the verge of bursting.

Following this transformation, the offensive power of these two skulls increased. The white light barrier kept shrinking, and in the end, it finally broke in front of the crestfallen acolytes.

"A semi-converted elemental Magus? We are finished!"

A more experienced acolyte collapsed to the ground with an expression filled with despair.

"Fear not! Lord Leylin is also an official Magus!" George held the small hand of the trembling Shiera.

"What would you know!" The previous acolyte, who had collapsed to the ground, yelled in despair, "Our side only has this newly advanced and outcasted Magus! On the other hand, our opponent is a powerhouse who has been an official Magus for dozens of years. Being a semi-converted elemental magus, all his spells are stronger by at least half! At this stage, he is simply invincible as compared to those newly advanced Magi!"

Believing that his end was nearing, this acolyte didn't care any more. He even started to be disrespectful towards Leylin.

"Hehe! A very interesting explanation, but quite accurate nonetheless!"

The black silhouette walked unhurriedly towards the flower field, and revealed himself to Leylin and the rest.

He was a young green-haired Magus. He was dressed in a strange black robe, which had a few green skulls and chains embroidered on it.

"He's from Kurute Academy, which is known for its methods of torture and and use of the spirits of the dead!" Leylin's eyes flashed as he recognized this Magus in front of them.

This Kurute Academy was only a tiny faction within the dark Magi of the south coast.

They produced plenty of lunatics, and mentally unsound people. Even the other dark Magi could not stomach their actions, and hence, they only partook in sporadic missions and were often excluded from various operations.

The green haired Magus clasped his hands behind his back and greedily looked over the sea of Black Mandara Flowers.

"What an enchanting atmosphere… I can detect the taste of darkness…" The youth muttered.

Following which, he turned and stared at Leylin with his dark green eyes.

"Light Magi! Kneel before me, the great Lord Ciel, and offer to me your souls and devotion. Then I might consider letting you be my slaves…"

This Magus named Ciel had a rather proud demeanor, but Leylin could understand why.

The age of a Magus couldn't be determined just by looking at their physical appearance, but Leylin could estimate that this Ciel was around 50 years old based on the energy waves he was unknowingly releasing.

His being able to become a semi-converted elemental magus at such a young age did indeed give him the rights to be proud, but he had met the wrong opponent.

Leylin smirked, but before he even had the chance to speak, the acolyte that sunk to the ground previously had already hastened towards Ciel, kneeling and kissing the ground before Ciel.

"Esteemed Lord Ciel! I am willing to serve you! I will become your most loyal slave!"

It was clear that the actions of this acolyte was a complete surprise to everyone.

Next to Leylin, plenty of acolytes carried expressions of scorn. They clearly didn't know that this acolyte who normally carried himself rather decently would turn into this kind of person at a crucial moment.

The other acolytes were able to conceal the internal struggle within them such that it did not show on their faces.

"Very good! I'll accept you as a servant!" Ciel revealed a strange smile on his face as he proceeded to extend his left hand and gently wiped the face of the acolyte.

"Ahhh!"

White smoke rose, accompanied by the pained scream of the acolyte.

Ciel's left hand was like a red-hot iron plate as it left a large black charred mark on the face of the acolyte.

While the acolyte was screaming, the Magus looked extremely excited as he slid his fingers over the acolyte's face repeatedly.

A little over ten seconds later, a complete rune mark was burned into the face of the acolyte.

The front of the mark resembled a skull, with a chain extending from within.

"Thank… Thank you my Lord for… this gift!"

The acolyte struggled to salute once more.

"Haha… After receiving my mark, you are now my slave forever!" Ciel laughed, then looked over at Leylin.

"What is it? Light Magus, are you scared silly?"

"Not really!" Leylin shook his head.

"I just think he's a bit pitiful, that's all!" Leylin pointed towards the acolyte who had half his face ruined, his facial muscles still twitching.

"Why is that?" Ciel rubbed his fingers as slivers of white gas emerged from his fingers to form the shape of a skull.

The elemental particles surrounding his body was faintly discernable as his eyes emitted a dangerous light.

"Blurgh!" The acolytes behind Leylin all fell back, and some of them even doubled over and started to hurl.

The radiation from an official Magus, especially when voluntarily released from a powerful Magus with such a high degree of elemental conversion was something that acolytes found hard to deal with.

"He- will he be alright?"

George was supporting Shiera as he retreated quite a distance. He then glanced worriedly at Leylin, who had remained behind.

"Relax! Lord Leylin is very powerful!" As Shiera recovered, she also started to comfort her lover.

Even though she had previously seen Leylin in action, she couldn't quite understand how powerful he actually was. She only said those things to comfort George.

"It's just that… Leylin is still newly advanced, I'm afraid that…" George held Shiera's hand tightly.

Judging from how Ciel acted had before, one could tell he was probably crazy. If Leylin lost, then these acolytes would probably end up for the worse.

Shiera could only smile bitterly as she secretly prayed for Leylin.

"He'll have to pay the price because he swore his loyalty to the wrong person!"

Leylin's spoke indifferently as if he hadn't even noticed Ciel's previous magic display.

"What? You're planning to…?" Ciel raised his eyebrows. He couldn't understand. From the reports, it was said that this was a newly advanced Magus who was a meer potion master. How dare he ignore him?

Ciel pointed at Leylin!

It was as if the large skull had received a command and it charged towards Leylin, simultaneously spewing forth dark green flames!

Bang!*

Leylin steeled himself for the attack with a nonchalant expression and charged forth.

"Is he crazy?" Before Ciel could finish his sentence, Leylin uttered a single syllabled word.

Immediately a dark red light erupted forth from within Leylin's body.

The Falling Star Pendant's defence activated immediately and formed a dark red barrier around Leylin. As the light condensed, it turned into something that resembled an illusionary armor.

Boom!*

Dark green flames exploded on Leylin's body, though no harm was caused.

Leylin advanced, bathed in fire like the incarnation of an ancient fiery war god. He swung his right fist viciously.

Bam!*

The large skull was blown away, leaving a trace of fine bone dust as it spun through the air.

Pow!* After being sent upside down over a distance, the white skull finally broke apart.

"You…" Ciel was attempting to speak as he pointed towards Leylin.

But it was too late now!

Leylin kept his face blank and charged in front of Ciel.

He suddenly slashed with his hand, the red light around his hands extending and forming a crimson long sword.

Slash!*

The long sword broke through the air and appeared in front of Ciel's chest.

"Argh…" The muscles on Ciel's face contorted, and just as the sword was about to pierce his body, numerous green chains emerged from within his body to form chainmail.

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Optimised and Easy

The red blade collided with the green chains, causing an intense wave of force.

Crack! Crack!*

The long red blade shattered into pieces, and a part of the chain mail armour on Ciel's chest broke off. Several green rings had been chopped in half and fallen to the ground.

"You… You're not any normal Magus who has just advanced!"

Ciel retreated, his expression showing his regret.

Leylin was indifferent as he charged at him.

"Wait… Wait a minute! We can discuss this! I still have many… Argh!"

Although Ciel wanted to say more, Leylin did not give him the chance to do so.

He pursued Ciel and struck again, black scales covering his clenched fist and emitting a glossy black lustre.

The first punch! Ciel's chest was caved in, and countless green iron rings were shattered.

The second punch! Ciel's innate defense spell was utterly destroyed. He retreated with his chest caved in and blood dripping from the corner of his lips.

"Do you have any last words?" Leylin expressionlessly approached him.

"M-My mentor will seek revenge for me!" Ciel incessantly said like a broken record.

"Boring!" Leylin prepared his third attack!

Boom!* Ciel's brain exploded like a watermelon, white and red liquids mixing together and spreading all over the ground.

The acolyte who had had his face branded was on the floor, staring blankly at the headless corpse that no longer had any life within it. He didn't even have the presence of mind to wipe off the blood that had splashed on his face.

"I… I… I…"

George gaped and shook Shiera's arm, "Was that person really a mighty semi-converted Magus? Are you sure he wasn't an acolyte?"

"Definitely! Just a glare from him could kill us!" Shiera forced a laugh.

"Then… What kind of power must Lord Leylin have to have been able to defeat and even kill him?"

George watched Leylin, who was poking around Ciel's corpse, with a complicated expression on his face.

"Lo… Lord…"

Only then, the acolyte standing at the side came to his senses.

Just then, there was an arrogant semi converted Magus. How did he just die like that at Lord Leylin's hands?

"Now, how do we handle the matter of Lyhart's desertion?"

The deserter acolyte sat mindlessly on the floor like a fool as he unconsciously repeated nonsense. The secret imprint that Ciel had left on him was extremely eye catching.

"There should be an established punishment by the alliance to punish all deserters, right? Do you actually need me to teach you that?"

Leylin shot a glance at the acolyte.

Although it was just a glance, the acolyte immediately retreated several steps, and even his calves turned wobbly.

"N—No, my Lord!"

This newly-turned traitor was tied up by a few others and sent to the fort. The acolytes present all displayed terror and dread on their faces.

"Lyhart's finished!" an acolyte murmured.

As per the rules and regulations set by the light Magi alliance, all acolytes and Magi who defected to the enemy's side received the worst punishments.

Lyhart had betrayed them so blatantly in front of Leylin and the many acolytes, and he even had a secret imprint from the opposing Magus. This was irrefutable evidence.

In this situation, death was the easiest way out.

If he had the misfortune to meet a strict judge, at the very least, his spirit would be extracted and tortured for a hundred years. His family and mentor would also have to face some calamities.

"Why are you so distracted? Get to work! Do you want to stay here all day?"

Leylin looked over at the stunned acolytes and exclaimed icily.

"Ah, yes, my lord!"

Only then did the acolytes respond and continue with their harvesting. Not even George and Shiera were spared.

If they did not finish harvesting this patch of Black Mandara Flowers, they would not be allowed to return to the Magus base camp. No matter how powerful Leylin was, he would eventually be pressured by the dark Magus forces.

It might not even take that long. If the enemy was less stressed and decided to focus 0.1% or even 0.01% of their attention on this place, they would be doomed.

Hence, the acolytes worked diligently, hoping they would complete their mission today and leave this damned place.

"Restore!"

At the other end, Leylin was in the middle of the sea of flowers. He drew the black scepter, muttering a single word.

Weng!*

A ring of whiteness spread from the scepter, and like a thin thread, seeped into the ground.

At the same time, from the bottom of the flowers, the white spell formation appeared once again.

White threads that looked like spiderwebs surged, restoring the areas that had been destroyed by the dark magus.

[Jayle Defense formation—Second form! Defense against physical attacks: 20 degrees. Resistance against magical attacks… Energy in store: 34.9%]

A screen appeared in front of Leylin's eyes, presenting him with information about the spell formation.

With the help of the A.I. Chip, the restoration works were very successful. A few areas that had been damaged were perfectly repaired by the A.I. Chip simulating and Leylin physically fixing them.

"But the defensive capabilities of this formation are much too weak…"

Leylin stroked his chin, wondering if he should modify this spell formation to increase its defense.

As the Magus who stood guard here, Leylin was able to gain a portion of the Black Mandara Flowers, the ratio was so miserable that he cared little for it.

However, the rate at which the acolytes completed their task was directly related to how soon he would be able to leave. If there were attacks everyday, how would the acolytes harvest the petals?

Hence, Leylin's first priority was to ensure the safety of the acolytes so they could finish the task as quick as possible.

"I should just wait until it's late at night and finish it myself!"

Leylin looked at the acolytes who were bending their backs and working like farmers, a gloomy look in his eyes.

It wasn't that he didn't trust the acolytes, but he was used to having some trump cards.

He could also come up with methods to increase the rate of harvesting. As long as he increased the rate at which the A.I. Chip operated, and prioritised this task, it would take but a few days.

It was highly possible that by that time, the acolytes would be able to work quicker.

……

In the blink of an eye, about half a month had passed.

In Eternal River Plains' secret plane, the round disc in the sky began to descend, leaving a shadow on the ground.

The Magi organisation that had constructed this secret plane had used some sort of spell and structured it so that there was a sun, moon, and different seasons.

However, based on Leylin's hypothesis and the A.I. Chip's calculations, the sun and moon inside the plane had a hint of the energy of the original celestial bodies, which those ancient Magi were able to project into the secret plane using an unknown method

Leylin was in awe of the ancient Magi's methods and boldness.

In Teljose City, the humans had made use of the volcano to allow increased production in its vicinity through the use of a spell, and just this had left Leylin agape. However, compared to the ancient Magi who could take the stars, embrace the moon, cause storms with one wave of their hands, and cast rain with another wave of their hands, Leylin had to bow down in inferiority.

"Not only is Lord Leylin a mighty Magus, he actually specialises in the study of plants!"

In the sea of flowers, two acolytes who were nearest to him were in conversation while their hands were busy.

"That's a given; after all, he is an official Magus! It's not something we acolytes can compare to."

The male acolyte who had just spoken had short red hair. At this moment, there was a layer of blue light coating his hands. After rubbing his fingers, several strands of blue thread coiled itself around the Black Mandara Flowers.

Ka-Cha!* *Ka-Cha!*

The sound of a flower being cut was heard. Following which, the petals of that Black Mandara Flower floated down slowly from its stem and was kept safely by the acolyte, who placed it inside a bag.

"Previously, every petal required a large consumption of magic power and spiritual force to acquire. Even Krall, who was the best amongst us, could only pluck 20 petal pieces in a day! However, ever since Lord Leylin imparted a new method to us, even I can harvest over 40 petals in a single day…"

The red haired acolyte had a look of admiration.

"With this kind of speed, as long as we endure for a couple more days, we will be able to leave this damned place!"

The other acolyte who spoke revealed an obvious hint of longing, "I don't wish to stay for another day in this place! With so many dark Magi and acolytes coming to attack us each day, we would have died over a hundred times if not for Lord Leylin here!"

Boom!*

At this moment, the alert from the defense spell formation had sounded. However, these two acolytes seemed to have not heard it at all, as they continued to diligently harvest the petals.

"Say…Who do you think is the unfortunate one today?"

The red haired acolyte asked with some schadenfreude.

"It should be another official Magus. Regular acolytes do not have such large energy wave fluctuations!" The other acolyte creased his brows before stooping down again to pluck more petals.

"Anyways, with Lord Leylin around, what's there to fear?"

"You're right!" The red haired acolyte nodded his head and began his day's chores.

……

At this moment, within the castle's walls.

In a gloomy, moist, and dark underground prison cell devoid of light, Leylin strode forward, carrying a black clothed figure on his arms.

Crash!* The cell gate was opened, and Leylin tossed the person he carried into the cell without a care.

Bang!* As flesh and the hard floor made contact, there was a loud thudding noise.

The person who was previously unconscious was now awake.

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Handover

"You…you dare imprison me!? I swear on my name, Jocelyn Lena, that I definitely won't let you off!"

This Magus, who was called Jocelyn Lena, donned a black robe. Her hair was curly, and her eyeliner make-up was extremely thick. Dark circles were prominent under her eyes, making it look as if she had not slept in days.

She had numerous bizarre silver piercings on her skin, and she also had a few earrings.

The general impression that she gave was that she was a non-mainstream teenage girl who had taken a wrong step in life.

"Jocelyn, yes?"

Leylin stood by the door, snapping his fingers.

Immediately after, the metal door seemed to have developed a life of its own and automatically closed. Meanwhile, metal chains climbed and locked the cage, and then branded the symbol of a black snake onto the entrance of it.

"I don't care who you are. As you are a dark Magus attacking us to pilfer the Four Seasons Garden's resources, I hereby arrest you on the account of attempted robbery. Someone will take you away soon. Once you are at the light Magi's headquarters, I imagine you'll have to start thinking of ways to escape your fate of being burned at the stake."

Leylin said expressionlessly, and then commanded a nearby acolyte, "I've temporarily suppressed their abilities, so watch them well till the defense squad takes over!"

"Yes, my lord!" The acolyte bowed deeply.

In these past few days, Leylin had given a little demonstration of his power, and that had been enough to instill fear into these acolytes.

All the dark Magi who had come to provoke them were easily taken care of by Leylin within a few rounds, whether they were acolytes or official Magi.

Just the number of Magi taken captive was enough to fill the fort's jail to the seams. Leylin had no choice but to notify the defense squad. They worked out a schedule where they would take the prisoners away every few days.

"This power isn't something that an ordinary Magus could even hope for! This Lord Leylin must be some amazing, important person!" the acolyte roared madly in his heart as he lowered his head.

Leylin cared little about this acolyte's mental activities, and he cared even less about the female prisoner Magus, who was cursing hysterically. He shook his head and left the underground dungeon.

"Just wait! My uncle absolutely won't let you off!"

From within the dungeon, Jocelyn was hatefully saying, "My uncle became a semi-converted Magus twenty years ago, and entered the secret plane with me. The moment he finds out what happened to me, he'll definitely come save me! When that happens, I'll—"

"That's enough, Jocelyn! Can you be quiet?"

A helpless voice that held a hint of bitterness sounded from the opposite jail cell.

A curly haired middle-aged man appeared from the shadows and awkwardly greeted Jocelyn.

"Uncle-Uncle Luge, why are you here?"

Jocelyn covered her mouth, completely stunned.

"I was actually captured and brought here three days ago," The curly-haired man called Luge forced a smile.

"The Magus guard in charge of this fortress, Leylin, seems to have reached the peak of a rank 1 Magus. I felt the terrifying undulations that could only belong to Magi who have reached the top."

Jocelyn was stunned. The sole person she was counting on had long since been captured, and thinking back to how she had been cursing incessantly, she had looked as foolish as a clown.

……

"These are the Black Mandara Flower's petals that we gathered today. They have had spells cast on them to ensure their freshness for at least fifteen days."

Leylin pointed at a pile of materials that had been piled neatly to the side, and then at a few Magi who were in black robes and had their hands and legs cuffed, "These are the dark Magi caught recently. Take them away as well."

"Yes, my lord!"

The one taking the petals and Dark Magi for Leylin was also an official Magus who was followed by a few team members of the same rank. In front of Leylin, however, he could not help but lower his body and spoke with honorifics.

In the Magus World, whether one was a light or dark Magus, the basic principle was that power was everything.

The team leader was only a semi-converted Magus, and Leylin had passed several dark Magi of that strength to him.

In battle, taking an official Magus captive was obviously much more difficult than simply defeating or killing them.

Hence, after being made aware of Leylin's abilities, the team leader was unable to treat Leylin condescendingly and looked like he was meeting his boss every time he came.

"Hm! Three are official Magi, of which one is female, and thirteen are acolytes…"

This female Magus was naturally Jocelyn, whose complexion was deadly pale as if she had been dealt a serious blow and did not dare to provoke Leylin.

The team leader quickly recorded this information down and signed his name on a form.

Afterwards, he couldn't help but greeting him using Magus etiquette.

"Lord Leylin! Your accomplishments in the field have far surpassed mine. Once we return to the main headquarters, your rewards and contribution points will be given to you all at once!"

As it was basically a war in the secret plane, the prisoners that Leylin had taken captive could be turned into merit points.

Not only could merit points be used to exchange for special items that could only be found within the Eternal River Plains' secret plane from the large light Magi organisations, it could also be used to obtain unique items from other academies.

This included advanced knowledge, improved spell formations, precious potions, and the like.

"Alright!" Leylin nodded.

Based on his estimations, if the merit points he had gained could be converted into magic crystals, he would have least several million. This meant that soon, he could leave this place behind.

As a better method for harvesting had been provided, about half of the Black Mandara Flowers had been picked, and only a relatively small amount was left.

At the rate they were working at, the Black Mandara Flowers would be completely harvested in less than four days. And at that time, Leylin and the others would be able to leave this damned place.

Every time he saw the defense squad coming in fully armed, Leylin was filled with annoyance!

……

As the goods that were to be transported were of extreme importance, the means of transportation provided to the transportation team was the Toucan.

This type of bird had a large body, and when matured, could grow up to ten metres tall.

Its beak drooped downwards, forming a large space that was basically a room that could store many items and even humans!

The team leader split up his team evenly and directed them into the beaks of three Toucans, leaving the best spot for himself. On top of the box full of Black Mandara Flower petals, he began to rest.

At the thought that he was sleeping on top of several million magic crystals, his heart began to burn involuntarily.

If not for the almost abnormal strictness that the light Magi alliance had at the entrance checks, and the fact that it was impossible to smuggle things out, even he might have harboured some terrible thoughts.

It was warm in the Toucan's beak, and even when it was flying high in the sky, not a current of air came through. It was very comfortable, and as the team leader shut his eyes, he began to fall asleep.

Crash!*

All of a sudden, the surroundings rocked and several boxes were overturned and fell to the ground.

"What's happening?"

He exclaimed in shock.

Immediately after, a secret imprint by his ear brightened. "Leader, it's an enemy attack! It's the dark Magi!"

The voice of his subordinate travelled from the imprint, and he sounded fearful.

"Those wretched things!" He cursed, and shouted through his secret imprint, "Prepare for landing; all members, get ready for war!"

Boom!*

Before he had finished speaking, an intense explosion sounded, followed by squawks of pain from the Toucan he was riding in.

Flames swept through in a horizontal line, burning through the Toucan's tough beak and revealing the blue sky.

Whooosh!*

Large amounts of cold wind flowed in, and the boxes filled with Black Mandara Flower petals were strewn across the floor.

"Despicable! Land quickly!" The team leader hurriedly yelled.

If he lost these resources, all the blame would be placed on him. How could he not be anxious?

The Toucan was calling weakly.

Finally, as if the flying Toucan could no longer take on any more attacks, its entire body lost balance and fell from the sky like a rock.

Rumble!*

The Toucan's huge body smashed into some shrubbery and left a deep indent on the ground. Various little animals revealed themselves and quickly escaped in the opposite direction.

"Pah! Pui! Pui!"

Covered in dirt and grime, the team leader emerged from the Toucan's beak and attempted to spit out the grass and leaves in his mouth.

"I swear I will learn a flight spell when I go back this time!"

The leader vowed vehemently. It honestly felt terrible to be hurtled through the air.

"Unfortunately, you won't be getting the chance to do that!"

An ominous voice sounded, and several people in dark Magus attire with green light shining in their eyes surrounded him.

"Oh my! It seems I'm quite popular, eh?"

Looking at this scene, the team leader looked to be extremely dumbfounded, and just stared blankly at the opposing the dark Magi.

"Woofter magic arrows!"

A shrewd light flashed in the leader's eyes, and his clothes exploded, countless fine needles flying towards the surrounding Magi.

"Go!"

He howled, and streams of lights and shadows flashed, rushing out in all directions to break out of the circle of people around him.

At this moment, he could clearly the state around him.

The Toucans, which served as a mode of transportation, had all been brought down, and were being surrounded by numerous dark Magi!

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To Return

In this situation, even though he was the leader of the defense squad, he had no other options but to flee.

Woosh!*

A figure moved extremely quickly, with energy waves fluctuating about him.

The surrounding dark Magi had been stunned while he used a spell to launch himself away, and the leader took this opportunity to dash out of the circle, flickering every now and then.

At the very last second while he was attempting to escape, all he saw was his squad members being torn to pieces by colourful bursts of dark magic.

"Beta, Gogu… I'll definitely avenge you!"

Gritting his teeth, a spell formation began to flicker, as if he was about to activate some spell.

Peng!*

Suddenly, black hands extended from the shadows and grabbed his ankle!

"Thinking of running?"

A mass of green fog rapidly drew close, and he could vaguely see a huge figure.

The large figure raised his right arm, grabbing towards the team leader's head!

"Damn it! I don't care anymore!" The leader's face turned red, and a necklace around his neck exploded, sending out immense magic undulations that formed a Knight's lance technique, which thrusted towards that huge figure!

Tssss!* The dragon lance actually produced sound as it streaked across the sky, and even sparks were generated on it.

Ka-cha!*

The dragon lance collided with the giant's large hands.

Under the disbelieving eyes of this team leader, the spell that he had spent a huge sum on to protect his life was slowly torn apart in the grip of those large hands.

The large hands didn't stop moving, and they grabbed ahold of the leader's head!

"Ah!" He screamed, a translucent crystal helm appearing on his head.

Crack!*

The hands cracked the helm easily, and his skull was subsequently crushed, producing the ear-piercing sounds of breaking bones.

Thud!* The now headless corpse fell to the ground, blood gushing out from its neck. Within ten seconds, the floor was dyed red.

"Have they been rescued?" The giant surrounded by fog asked.

"Reporting to my lord! They have all been rescued. Three official Magi, and thirteen acolytes! Not one more or less!" A dark Magus respectfully gave an account to the giant.

At the same time, beside the two other dead Toucan bodies, several Magi who had been captured by Leylin were rescued from their confinement.

"Listen up. I don't care who you used to be, but based on the dark Magi's rules and regulations, you are now our prisoners. Now, you have two options. One is to pay a ransom, and the other is to service us for thirty years for free! After thirty years, we will let you go…"

A dark Magus announced loudly in front of these prisoners.

Jocelyn and her uncle's faces turned ashen. For dark Magi like them, rather than being saved by these people, it was much better to be sent to the light Magi!

After all, the light Magi were more trustworthy and easier to talk to.

The moment they fell into the hands of other dark Magi organisations, it became impossible to tell what their fates were going to be.

However, their shackles had not been undone, and while they had their magic and spiritual force, they were unable to activate and use it. They were akin to regular people and were unable to resist.

In front of the giant surrounded by green fog, a faint black gas condensed, forming a cloaked black figure.

"How is it? The numbers are right! What about my rewards?"

"Don't worry, we won't count you out!" The giant tossed a black pouch to him.

The figure caught it and looked at it closely before keeping it, looking satisfied.

"But what's the point of catching them, and then offering us this information for us to save them? What are your plans?"

The giant asked.

The cloaked person pulled off his cloak, revealing a crimson, masked face. This was naturally Blood Rogue, Leylin's disguise.

The organisation before him was the Thousand Meddling Hands, the dark Magi organisation that Leylin had joined not too long ago.

"It's obviously so I'll get two portions of rewards! One from the light Magi, and another from you!"

"After all, at the light Magi's end, after these prisoners are handed over, it matters little to me whether they live or die. If they dare to dock my merit points because of this, I'll inform the elders!"

Leylin grinned, pointing at the prisoners who were unwillingly signing contracts.

"There's something you get out of this as well, isn't there? I doubt you'll let these Magi go so easily…"

"Haha…" The giant nodded in agreement, not looking the least bit sorry.

"Though we're all dark Magi, they're from small organisations or are wandering Magi. For us, they are unpredictable elements. No matter how many of them die, nobody really cares."

"Also, I want 40% of the Black Mandara Flower petals from this batch! That is a part of the rules!" Leylin spoke up.

Capturing dark Magi and getting Giant to act the part of a good-hearted Samaritan and save them was just a part of the plan. Leylin's main objective was still to gather resources!

After all, how could Leylin not be the least bit interested after seeing such a huge amount of resources slip by under his watch?

"Of course! These are the Thousand Meddling Hands' rules! For those who provide information and news, they can obtain 40% of profit."

Giant nodded, "Do you want the flowers or magic crystals?"

Without waiting for Leylin to state what he wanted, he continued, "If you want ingredients, you can just take two boxes of the Black Mandara Flower petals right now! If you want magic crystals, we'll need to sell them first. I can't guarantee the price, but it definitely won't be lower than 80% of the market price. In addition, I'll be taking 10% of your total profits!"

"Magic crystals! I'm in urgent need of magic crystals now, and I want payment in advance. If you can pay me right now, you can take 10%!"

Leylin thought about it for a while. Black Mandara Flowers were basically useless to him right now, and the spell marks on them were a little troublesome as well. The ancient teleportation spell formation that he had discovered previously required a large amount of magic crystal essence to activate.

Hence, he desperately needed magic crystals, and he needed a lot of them to be of high quality!

"Oh?" Giant looked Leylin up and down, seeming to be surprised. "It looks like you're pretty hard up now. Don't worry, I'll pay you in advance!"

All the resources were here and Giant wasn't at a disadvantage, so he appeared to be very generous.

Giant passed a thick stack of magic crystal cards over to Leylin.

"The amount is right!" Leylin counted and then told Giant. "I will be leaving this place in approximately four days, but there might be some resistance. Hence, I'll need your help!"

"No problem!" Giant chuckled.

"I'll command the nearby Hell Cliff Army to look like they are going to attack. The people we have in the light Magi alliance will also help you."

Leylin nodded slightly.

Actually, right after finding out he had been assigned to an area that was thoroughly surrounded by dark Magi, Leylin had quickly contacted Giant.

With the influence of his connections with Giant, the opposing dark Magi slowed their attacks.

Hence, those Leylin dealt with were mainly wandering dark Magi and acolytes. At most, there were some small organisations, but the real large powers did not appear at all.

After all, with Leylin guarding this area for over half a month and multiple dark Magi suddenly disappearing, would it not have attracted the attention of the larger Dark Magi organizations?

"Yeah! With the merit points you accumulated here, you're sure to be promoted to a better and higher ranking position. At that time, don't forget our agreement."

Giant waved, and numerous dark Magi placed all the materials on a huge ground lizard and rapidly left the place.

At the same time, the green fog around Giant became increasingly dense.

"I understand!" Leylin guaranteed.

Leylin was mentally prepared.

Since he had received benefits from the dark Magi, he naturally had to pay them back.

"You'll always be a dark Magus! I hope you won't forget that…" Giant's voice became softer and softer, and the green fog dispersed, leaving behind Leylin, who was in deep thought.

……

"Magus Leylin, here is your order of transfer! Due to your exemplary performance in Zone 13, the alliance has given you a reward! You will be transferred to the alliance's headquarters."

A Magus in black uniform respectfully spoke to Leylin.

Though he was an official Magus, he did not dare put on airs.

This was no joke! Leylin was someone who could easily take care of a semi-converted elemental Magus! Would he dare offend such a person while he was just a newly advanced Magus?

"Sure! Wait a bit; we'll go after I pack up." Leylin smiled gently.

"Take your time! I'm not in a hurry!" The Magus quickly waved his arms.

Leylin nodded and called for Number 2 and Number 3, who had always stayed indoors and seldom went out, and had been hiding their power. They were to pack up the bedroom and convene the acolytes in the fortress to complete the last ceremony.

"I'm leaving!"

Before he left, Leylin turned around and gazed at the fort.

The surrounding Black Mandara Flowers had been completely harvested, leaving behind a bare field.

This was an area that was surrounded by dark Magi on three sides. If anything happened, this was the first place to be attacked.

"Now, I can only hope that the scroll and potions I left behind for George will be able to save his life!"

If he wanted to transfer George and Sheila out of this place, he would need to work from headquarters.

Leylin already had made his plans. If it was not troublesome, he would help out, especially since they were good friends. If he could do anything to help, he would!

However, he now had to return to the headquarters before he could do anything of that nature.

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Merit Points

As for that girl Bessita, Leylin had long since thrown her to the back of his mind.

Although she had plotted against him before, she had already been punished for what she had done.

Now that their debts had been settled, whether this girl would end up alive or dead would depend on her luck. What did that have to do with Leylin himself?

In the Four Seasons Garden's entrance to the secret plane.

Buildings were densely crowded around the large platinum door that had been erected at the entrance to the secret plane.

There were two rows of Magi and acolytes queueing up near the entrance to the secret plane.

Before them was an exchange area set up for their merit points.

The Four Seasons Garden would take a portion of their loot as a commission, leaving the rest for the magicians to keep. However, while that may have been the case, they still preferred to exchange their items into merit points for resources that better fit them, or even magic crystals for their convenience.

All of these things could be exchanged for here.

Hence, Leylin estimated that excluding the loot that was secretly kept by the magicians, fifty to sixty percent of the resources from the secret plane were acquired by the Four Seasons Garden.

Weng!*

At this moment, a bright red light appeared in front of the platinum door.

The beam of red light seemed to have an intelligence of its own, directly shining upon a Magus who seemed to be flustered.

"Take him away!"

A Magus guard came forward and waved his arm.

Two people wearing metal armour with runes embedded onto them held the poor fellow on both sides.

"Ah! No!"

The Magus called out in despair. At this moment, two fireballs the size of fists had already been tossed at the two armoured men.

Boom!*

The flames swept the area, a heat wave continuously radiated outwards, causing the surroundings magicians to duck.

After the flame dissipated, the two armoured figure were still standing there unscratched. Even the surfaces of their armour had no blemishes.

"Attacking an enforcer, one more count to his crime! Take him away!"

The Magus guard's expression was cold. With his command, the two armoured figures walked forward and suppressed the resisting Magus.

"What a pity! That Magus definitely tried to smuggle something out and even thought of deceiving them…"

A Magus standing beside Leylin lamented.

Leylin nodded his head. He knew that any resources from the Eternal River Plains' secret plane would have a special aura which would disappear once it was brought to the outside word. Although that would not change any of the resources' properties, the light Magi used it to make a sensory spell formation.

If any magicians were to smuggle resources out, this spell formation would immediately detect the aura of the magician.

Hence, the Four Seasons Garden and other light Magi organisations had devised a spell formation for that. Until now, not one had been able to successfully smuggle anything out.

Leylin knew of those spell formations, so in the previous operation, he did not wish to have the Black Mandara Flowers as his reward, but instead wanted magic crystals.

"Welcome! Welcome, Magus Leylin!"

Passing through various buildings, Leylin came to the zone where the enforcers worked.

This time, Dolorin personally welcomed him.

His attitude was very good this time, and it looked as there was a hint of apology in his tone as well.

The previous time Leylin had come, Dolorin had assumed that Leylin was just a Magus who was discriminated against. He had been assigned to a place like Zone 13 and it seemed unlikely that he would live past a few days, quickly becoming a corpse in the wilderness. Hence, his attitude had been fearful, and he had acted like he was chasing away a nuisance that would bring about the plague.

Now, with Leylin's various achievements in battle, he could not hold himself back.

Goodness! Even he was just a little stronger than a semi-converted elemental Magus. Leylin, however, had defeated almost a dozen Magi of this strength in half a month.

Recently, Leylin had been transferred to the headquarters at the entrance. Based on the order, it seemed he was being put in an important position.

In the transfer of personnel, there were higher-ups in the Four Seasons Garden who spoke highly of him.

This meant that Leylin wasn't alone and had a backing! A very powerful backing!

Dolorin was now very regretful of his actions in the past and decided to welcome Leylin personally, hoping to improve relations with him.

"Vice team leader Dolorin! Long time no see!"

Leylin nodded slightly. He was already an adult and appear to be very enthusiastic, making Dolorin feel comfortable.

Though he was aware this was just an act, Dolorin was still surprised.

Magi were usually very antisocial people. In general, other than staying in laboratories to do research and occasionally teaching acolytes, they did not partake in activities to make connections.

Hence, Magi were very stiff in this sort of situation. Those like Leylin who were young, powerful, and socially competent were like a different species altogether!

Dolorin exclaimed that he was 'abnormal' in his heart, feeling it would be very difficult to deal with him.

To send Magi like him away, the price was something incomparable to regular Magi. He had been too harsh previously, and Dolorin was extremely unwilling to incur the wrath of a Magus who had a bright future ahead of himself.

These thoughts flashed in his head, but Dolorin's face was unchanging, a smile stretching across his face.

"Magus Leylin! Your merit points, this time, are extremely high! I have brought it personally to you!" Dolorin handed over a medal-like item to him.

Leylin reached for it.

The medal felt rather heavy given its size, which meant that had been made of some kind of alloy with a high density. In addition, the medal was ice cold to the touch.

At the front side of the medal was the Four Seasons Garden's insignia and at the back, it was a small screen.

On the screen, there was a record which read, "Leylin Farlier. Merit points: 563. Status: Locked!"

"This medal has recorded the aura of your spiritual force. Apart from you, nobody else can use it. If you want to use the merit points, you have to unlock it first…"

Dolorin explained the workings of the medal.

"Oh?" Upon hearing that, Leylin inserted some spiritual force into the medal.

Ka-chak!* At the same time, the sound of a lock opening was heard, and the entire medal began to ripple with light.

This light was a thin layer of dark green. Though it was bright, it was not piercingly so, and it engulfed the medal within.

A short moment later, after the light dispersed, the words on the screen on the medal changed.

The name and merit points were the same as before, but on the column in the back, a red "Locked" had turned into a green "Unlocked."

"Huh, it's really convenient!" Leylin was somewhat surprised. In the Magus world, everyone's spiritual force was unique, and could be used as an individual's password. Hence, such a locking mechanism was very advanced. It was not inferior to even the retina scanning of his previous world, but it was even more convenient.

"Haha… Leylin, you haven't been to our exchange centre yet huh? The items available are plentiful! You, who has that many merit points, make me a little envious!"

Dolorin said.

"Really? Then I must really go and have a look!" Leylin smiled. Dolorin naturally did not say that on an impulse; it seemed that he was trying to make amends for his hostility before, and it seemed that he meant to do it through the exchange centre.

After all, he had been in the organisation for many years. He knew that even if it was exchanging for resources in times of war, there were still some good items that could not be exchanged for merit points. There were bound to be requirements of rank and identity. Furthermore, there were different benefits offered based on who was redeeming the merit points.

Obviously, this vice leader of the Magus guards had a rank much higher than Leylin's.

"Haha, of course! We'll go now!"

Dolorin put a huge smile on his face, though in actuality, his heart was throbbing in pain! Even he, with a somewhat decent rank, had a limit to how much of the monthly allocation he could use! Once that limit was passed, he had to pay the full price in merit points! Looking at Leylin's attitude, it looked like today he would have to apologise through a large compensation in merit points!

Since the words were already out, Dolorin had little choice but to bring Leylin to Four Seasons Garden's merit exchange centre.

The exchange centre was a huge white building, which had a roof that pointed up in a conical fashion. The curve was beautiful, and surrounding it, there was a divine light from the defensive spell formation around it, which caused people to stop in their tracks to admire it.

With Dolorin as a guide, Leylin successfully entered this place without any obstructions.

After passing through a pure white passage, Dolorin brought Leylin to a hall that was similar to the trading centre in the Four Seasons Garden.

"The exchange of merit points issued by the Four Seasons Garden is allowed in the entire light Magi alliance. Here, you can see precious resources that are not limited to only our academy, such as high-level knowledge and some exotic items."

Dolorin continued on, but Leylin was already dazzled by the large screen that was basically a menu.

Compared to the exchange centre of the Four Seasons Garden, the amount and rarity of the resources were obviously of a higher level.

The crystallised elemental energy particles that could only be purchased in limited amounts in the Nightless City were sold in bulk here. One could buy as much as they wanted!

There were also various precious potions that were useful to Magi in breaking through the spiritual force bottleneck. They were in plain view, causing many Magi to halt their steps.

"Here, all internal members who are vice team leaders or have higher positions have a special privilege, and are able to exchanges for items with 10% off the price!"

Dolorin waved, seeming to be very generous.

He went forward to a counter and knocked on the glass window. "Put everything he wants on my account, under my quota. Do you understand?"

Leylin followed behind, "Then I'm not going to hold back!"

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Dolorin had seen Leylin's merit point card and knew that Leylin only had five or six hundred points there.

Even if Leylin were to use them all up, it was still within his spending limit, which was why he was acting rich and very generous.

"I understand, my lord!"

All the personnel here seemed to know Dolorin. After receiving a blood-red crystal card from Dolorin, one of the employees smiled at Leylin, "My lord! As Lord Dolorin has used his authority, all items on the screen will be sold to you at a price of 10% off."

"Good!"

Leylin nodded. "Give me three portions of Fantasy Flowers!"

This type of flower was an essential ingredient in brewing ancient potions. Leylin had thought they were extinct on the south coast, but to his surprise, he had actually found it here!

"Alright! Each is 50 merit points!"

The worker took Leylin's card and swiped it on a card reader.

Beep!* A clear sound came from the medal.

Immediately after the number on the screen behind changed from 563 to 428.

After confirming that the transaction had gone through, he quickly passed three crystals the size of a fist to Leylin. Within the crystal, the phantom of a little white flower could clearly be seen.

This little flower was very pretty with its translucent petals and roots. One could almost see the veins in the flower. At the bright yellow heart of the flower, several faint yellow stamens delicately revealed themselves.

Sealed within the crystal, it appeared to be floating just like in a dream.

"A Fantasy Flower!"

As he took the three crystals, Leylin murmured under his breath.

"The moment precious plant ingredients like these are exposed to the air, they will quickly dissipate. Hence, crystallisation has been used to preserve them. The way to undo this magic is to…"

The worker quickly informed him of the important procedures.

Leylin nodded and kept these words in mind. He carefully put the items away, pointed at a line of text on the screen, and said, "I've always admired Master Tywin's potioneering diary. I want that."

Dolorin's gaze followed Leylin's finger and fell upon the little words on the monitor. "Condition of Master Tywin's potioneering diary: Half of it is lost. Fixed price of exchange: 100 Merit points."

His face stiffened. From the looks of it, Leylin was going to use up all his merit points in one go.

However, he had come here with the mentality of sacrificing his wealth to avoid a calamity. Since he hadn't really used many of his quota this month, even if Leylin used up all of his own points, he would still be able to afford it. At the most, he would be hard pressed for merit points this month, so he did not oppose Leylin.

Another 90 merit points were spent, and a diary with a black cover, which was not in the best condition, was passed to Leylin. He could not contain the happiness brimming about his face.

"I also want that ancient potion formula, as well as…"

Leylin openly pointed out the precious resources and high-level knowledge he wanted. There were some items that he had searched high and low for to no avail, and there was information that only light Magi academies were privy to, and could not be bought easily. Now, however, they had all appeared on the table of items he could exchange his merit points for.

Minutes later, the numbers on Leylin's merit card had rapidly decreased until they had reached 0.

Even if they had been working there for a long time, it was rare for the people working here to see a customer spending so much in one go.

Dolorin could feel his heart aching. Leylin had pretty much used up his spending limit for that month, but at this point, he just gave a sigh of relief. "Haha… You've spent so much in one go. I'm afraid you might be breaking some sort of record here…"

At that instant, he was stunned.

All he saw was a bright smile on Leylin's face as he produced an identification token, passing it to the person at the counter.

"Based on the rules I saw, if I don't have any more merit points, I can use contribution points from the Four Seasons Garden to exchange for items at a ratio of 2:1, right?"

At that moment, Dolorin could feel that Leylin's smile was akin to that of a devil's smirk, and he felt that he had fallen into a bottomless abyss.

Moments later, Leylin emerged from the exchange centre with a look of satisfaction on his face. Dolorin, on the other hand, had an icy expression and bade farewell as quickly as possible.

The amount that Leylin had spent at the exchange centre had far surpassed his limit. He even had to pay a portion with his own money! It was no wonder that Dolorin did not look to be in a good mood.

However, he seemed to be considering something and hesitated to turn against Leylin.

"Yet another pitiful person constrained by rules and regulations!" Leylin glanced at the figure of Dolorin as he left.

The lifespans of official Magi were quite long. Hence, they were quite tolerant of those at the same level of power as them, and could coexist harmoniously.

Dolorin and Leylin were in the same organisation, so it was inevitable that they would meet every day.

He had done Leylin wrong when he had first met him, so even though Leylin might have done a little too much, Dolorin still tolerated it.

However, in this situation, Dolorin had, from the victimiser, become the victim. If any conflicts happened with Leylin in the future, the public opinion would be biased against him.

If Leylin planned to continue in the light Magi camp, it would be unwise for him to abandon his reputation and lose his cool over such a small matter.

However, Leylin wasn't just a light Magus! The covert mission he had been given by the Thousand Meddling Hands had placed Leylin on the opposite side of the entire light Magi faction.

What was worse was that Leylin was unable to decline the demands of the dark Magi organisation, in which there was actually a powerful rank 2 Magus! He was linked to the entire dark Magi faction in every way possible.

Hence, Leylin estimated that even if he were able to free himself from the mission, it would be impossible for him to stay in the Four Seasons Garden.

There was a large possibility that when he met with Dolorin in the future, they would be enemies. If Leylin didn't take advantage of him now, he would just be an idiot.

As for Dolorin's position as the vice team leader of the defense squad, Leylin lamented upon it for a while and then placed it at the back of his mind.

He went to the heavily-guarded centre structure built by the Four Seasons Garden in the Eternal River Plains' secret plane. He waited to be granted entrance and receive a new mission.

In an office that had furniture shaped from plants, Leylin once again saw Reynold, the head of the Four Seasons Garden.

"Lord Reynold!" Leylin bowed, the spiritual force concealment method he had obtained from the old witch operating at full speed.

Behind Reynold's gold-rimmed glasses were a pair of pupils brimming with wisdom. They were fixated on Leylin, occasionally flashing with distrust.

"Magus Leylin! Your accomplishments at Zone 13 have been noted by us elders!"

After some time, Reynold did not notice anything suspicious from his observations, so he eventually began speaking in a light tone.

"We all agree that being a Magus guard is a total waste of your talent. You should be promoted to a more suitable role that can allow you to fully exhibit your abilities."

Leylin looked respectful, but he was inwardly rolling his eyes. What 'more suitable role'? Wasn't it just a random decision made by the elders?

However, Leylin obviously did not dare voice his opinions or show his thoughts on his face.

In contrast, a faint blush appeared on his face as he slightly ducked his head, "I thank the elders for their trust in me. I'll work hard at my new position."

"Very good!" Reynold nodded, signing the document that appointed Leylin to his new role.

"Leylin Farlier! I hereby appoint you the vice team leader of the hunting team, and you will be the direct subordinate of Caesar. Retrieve your mission from him!"

"The hunting team! Caesar!"

Leylin immediately thought of the three-eyed Magus. It seemed that his ties with Magus Caesar were not easily cut off.

"What's wrong? Do you have any objections?" Reynold stared at Leylin in interest as if trying to prod something out from his expression.

A faint undulation of spiritual force dithered about Leylin, trying to find out his true emotions.

Unfortunately, with the scanning of the A.I. Chip, this trace of spiritual force was easily discovered.

"It's nothing! I'm just a little surprised. After all, I am a mere Potion Master and a Magus guard. I know next to nothing about the inner workings of the hunting team…"

Leylin spoke indifferently, burying his feelings in the depths of his heart.

"That's not a problem. Caesar will train you well!"

Reynold was full of smiles as if he was unaware of what had transpired between Caesar and Leylin.

"Alright! I'll consult Lord Caesar!"

Leylin stayed silent for a while and then went forward to take his new document of appointment.

After Leylin left, Reynold tapped his cane on the floor.

Thud! Thud!*

The dull knocking sounds resounded about the office, and immediately, the bookcase at the side of the office split open.

Countless vines spread out in two directions, revealing a pitch-black passageway.

A Magus wearing a black robe adorned with blood-red flowers emerged from the passage.

The most striking thing about this Magus was that he had three eyes!

"Caesar, that little guy is going to be under you! Look after him!" Reynold told Caesar.

"Naturally!" Caesar nodded, breaking out in a bloodthirsty smirk.

"I am extremely interested in how he was able to increase his strength in such a short period of time!"

Caesar's expression became serious. "It seems that the inheritance he obtained was anything but simple…"

Reynold shook his head.

"I examined him carefully just now. Leylin's elemental essence conversion is at around 50%. Coupled with the record of him using his contribution points to exchange for crystallised elemental particles, I can only assume that he must have forcefully increased his strength. To be able to achieve such a battle record must mean that he obtained some powerful magic artifact or secret technique in the ruins…"

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Demonstration of Power

"Even so, it must be some amazing item. How about it? Do you want me to get it from him?"

Caesar still hadn't given up on his intentions

This time, however, Reynold was abnormally silent.

Caesar obviously knew that the reason why they had not done anything to Leylin as of yet was because they believed whatever Leylin had gained in the ruins wasn't anything precious. Hence, they could take their time, and did not have to do anything too unsightly. After all, they were light Magi! There had to be a certain level of trust between them and their peers!

Now, however, no matter how much Leylin tried to conceal his might, his battle achievements were a fact that could not be disregarded.

Also, the aura and energy waves that Leylin gave off was causing Reynold to become suspicious.

No matter what powerful magic artifact or technique Leylin may have obtained from the ruins, it could end up being an unpredictable factor that could change the tide of a battle.

Hence, Reynold was a little interested.

There was nothing that couldn't be done in this world. Not acting against Leylin previously was a matter of cost and benefit; it hadn't been worth it to provoke Leylin.

But now, the situation was different.

"You can give it a try, but don't go too far!" Reynold held onto a glazed porcelain cup, contentedly sipping a mouthful of a steaming hot liquid as he spoke.

"I understand!"

Caesar nodded, his figure disappearing into the darkness.

……

At another place, Leylin was following the signs on the road, and eventually came to the area where the hunting team worked.

Once he arrived, he could see that there were very few acolytes and Magi. The stench of blood was thick in the air, causing everyone to feel pressure, as if there was a large rock pressed onto their hearts.

"This has… quite an uncomfortable atmosphere!"

Leylin looked up at the sky, which even seemed to be gloomy, and furrowed his brows.

At this area, one could occasionally see members of the hunting team.

These members all donned black Magus robes which were adorned with blood-red flowers. They intimidated everyone.

Leylin could also smell the thick scent of blood, and even the smell of humans.

It was evident that the dark Magi from before had been taken in by the hunting team.

"However, this building is really quite large. The main thing is, how would I know where Caesar is?"

Leylin held on to his document of appointment, and thought it over for a moment as he raised his eyebrows.

He randomly picked a few Magi from the hunting team and blocked their path.

"What do you want?" One of the Magi who he'd stopped was burly, and had a thick scar slashed across his forehead and middle of his face that made him look as if it had been split into half.

With such a terrible wound, his already fiendish face was made to look even more horrifying.

He was currently shooting out death glares at Leylin, elemental particle waves fluctuating around him.

"Very cautious of him! Also, he doesn't seem to be holding back at all!" Leylin commented inwardly. Shortly after, he put on a bright, gentle smile. "I'm a Magus that is new to the hunting team. May I know where Caesar—"

"Whenever we have someone new, it's customary for team leader Caesar to bring them in himself. You're a spy!"

To Leylin's shock, just a word from him had caused the Magus to shout.

Leylin was alarmed. Immediately after, the surrounding Magi of the hunting team halted, ready to watch a good show. He instantly understood the situation.

"Making things difficult for the new guy? What a repulsive practice!"

The scarred Magus roared, and immediately, two long metal blades appeared in his hands. Each blade was around 2 metres long, with the sheen enough to strike fear into the hearts of some.

"Storm!"

The Magus roared a syllable, and in a split second, the blade in his left hand began to emit a fierce, fiery red, while on the right blade, threads of white mist converged to form a blade of ice!

The scorching heat on the left and the icy coldness on the right mixed together, forming a red and blue metal tornado that swept towards Leylin.

[Metal Elemental Magic: A tornado formed from sharp blades, which has been upgraded by incorporating fire and ice elemental runes. With the bonus from his elemental essence conversion, the power of this attack is at least 35 degrees!]

A light flashed in Leylin's eyes, and he instantly estimated the origin and power of this spell.

"The average newly-advanced Magus would be killed in seconds if they were unfortunate enough to meet this sort of attack! This is just crazy!"

Instantly after, Leylin smiled, as if he had gotten something he had wanted. "Hehe… And here I was, afraid that I wouldn't be able to establish my superiority!"

Though it wasn't good to attack the moment he came here, Leylin wasn't just any regular member, but the vice team leader of the hunting team! Also, his opponent had been the one to initiate the first move, so even if he were to complain to Reynold, Leylin was not afraid.

To be honest, it would make him even happier if this incident would cause him to lose his position.

All of these considerations flashed past in an instant, with only a second passing in real time. In this amount of time, the metal tornado attack of the scarred Magus was already in front of Leylin.

The violent wind pressure that accompanied the tornado turned into wind blades that had a strength comparable to regular weapons, instantly crumbling the walls on both sides of the passage.

Slash! Slash!*

The wind blades that seemed to have materialised out of nowhere sliced against Leylin's body, but they were repelled by a layer of illusory, crimson armour.

"Not a bad attack, but unfortunately, you're dealing with me!"

Leylin looked calm, enthusiastically evaluating his opponent's attack.

With a black flash of light, instead of retreating, Leylin advanced and rushed forwards into metal tornado formed from flames and ice.

"Is he a lunatic?" Not only the surrounding Magi, but also the scarred Magus had this thought.

What they saw next was the most unforgettable sight in their life!

Bang! Bang! Bang!*

When the huge metal blades that had the added danger of the flames and ice struck Leylin's body, immense noises resounded.

Leylin looked indifferent, wandering around through the metal tornado as if he were strolling around his garden.

The defense from the Fallen Star Pendant and Leylin's own support spells rendered this level of attack useless.

Leylin's figure appeared as a black shadow as he entered the tornado, extending a pale, delicate finger and tapping gently!

Poof!*

Like a balloon that had been punctured, the excessive might of the metal tornado broke down, and bits of blue ice and red embers flew all over the place, eventually disappearing in mid-air.

"This…" Scarface gaped, unable to utter a word.

This ice-fire metal tornado was his ultimate attack. With this one method, he had killed off countless official Magi, but now, this Magus had been able to move freely in the area of the metal tornado and even disable his most powerful attack with a gentle tap!

This had Scarface stunned, causing him to think that he was dreaming.

If Leylin had wanted to do everything himself, he would have used his powerful magic to go head on against that metal tornado. Although he would have been able to destroy the tornado in the end, the consumption would be immense, though the scene would be extravagant.

Hence, Leylin had chosen not to go through with that method, and instead, used the A.I. Chip to calculate the weak point of the spell. He then made use of his powerful defense and took care of the spell by heading into the area the spell affected.

This method was only viable when dealing with Magi weaker than Leylin. If the opponent's spell was too powerful, Leylin wouldn't want to risk entering the area of the magic like this.

Now, having used this method, he found that it might have been a little too effective.

Leylin looked at the dazed Magi and gave a gentle smile, his figure flashing as he came to the front of the scarred Magus.

"You…"

Scarface raised his right hand, black fur extending from the palm of his hand and forming a red-eyed lion's head.

The lion head opened its mouth, preparing to shoot out some kind of energy attack.

Ka-cha!*

Leylin struck quickly, like lightning, and before Scarface could react, a large hand made from shadows grabbed through his innate defensive spell and touched his right hand.

With the piercing sound of bones being crushed, the lion head on Scarface's right hand crumbled. His right hand was also bent in an awkward angle by the black hand.

The scarred Magus showed a hint of pain on his face, but that quickly changed to a fierce expression, as if he wanted to do everything he could to kill Leylin.

Scarface's remaining hand dipped into his bag and seemed to be touching some item.

"Oh? You still want to resist?"

Leylin furrowed his brows, and in front of him, a black shadow blade emerged and slashed at the Magus' left arm.

Thud!*

The black blade noiselessly streaked across, and the Magus' left arm fell.

Seconds later, fresh blood gushed out like a fountain.

"Ah!" Scarface's facial muscles contorted, making him look even more sinister and terrifying.

In the eyes of Leylin, however, he just seemed like a clown!

Leylin grabbed forward, black threads at the tips of his five fingers. These threads seemed to have their own intelligence, latching onto Scarface and pushing him to the ground, and then entering his nostrils, ears, mouth and other facial orifices.

Like a duck that had been clutched by the neck, the Magus' expression changed to that of resignation, and the violent undulations surrounding him immediately dissipated.

"You…"

Scarface seemed like he had something to say, but Leylin didn't give him any chance to speak.

Unsympathetically, he raised his foot, clad with a leather boot, and stomped down on Scarface's chest.

Thud!*

Scarface's chest sunk in, and his face turned deep red and then purple as he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Leylin stopped looking at him, and glanced at the surrounding Magi of the hunting team.

After defeating Scarface, the Magi from the hunting team that were present seemed to have achieved a mutual understanding, and encircled him.

"What's this? Are you all going to attack me?"

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The Hunting Team's Vice Team Leader

Leylin, stepped on the motionless, scarred Magus with his right foot, and coldly glanced at the other Magi present in the surroundings.

An ice-cold killing intent suddenly descended upon this location, shrouding it entirely.

All of the present magicians all felt their backs turning cold, as if some ancient beast had turned its cold eyes to stare at them.

"I am the hunting team's newly elected vice team leader—Leylin Farlier! This chap disrespected me just moments before, so I punished him a bit. Does anyone have any objections?"

Leylin swept a glance over them all and coldly asked.

To strike at a Magus was within his authority, but if he set about to bully him some more, it would be considered excessive.

Moreover, there were at least a dozen Magi from the hunting team present here, and they were all seasoned warriors. If Leylin wanted to dispatch of all of them, it would be troublesome.

After hearing Leylin's words, all the Magi there looked at each other in dismay. A Magus who seemed to have some status asked, "Since you are new here, would you be so kind as to release Wally?"

"No!" Leylin shook his head.

"This Magus dared to offend me, the vice team leader of the hunting team! Before he gets the punishment he deserves, I retain the authority to take handle this matter myself."

"Apparently, he is still not planning on stopping."

When all the present Magi heard Leylin's statement, they all simultaneously felt a chill in their hearts.

This Magus Leylin was clearly a ruthless person!

They were all in a deadlock.

Fortunately, a voice was heard from afar minutes later, solving their dilemma.

"Magus Leylin! What do you think you're doing?"

A crimson fog condensed and transformed into an illusory image.

"Team leader Caesar!" The rest of the Magi in the hunting team bowed respectfully.

"Hm!" Caesar casually nodded and then proceeded to focus his attention on Leylin.

"Leylin. What happened here? I want you to give me an explanation!"

"Can't you tell, Lord Caesar?"

Leylin exerted some force with his right foot, and Scarface, who was under it, immediately lost consciousness.

"Not only did this Magus offend me, he actually did it in this area and used dangerous spells! I only utilized my authority as the vice team leader and stopped him!"

Leylin continued rather mockingly, "If you don't believe me, we can go and take a look at the spell monitor…"

Leylin could have been wrong, but after hearing Leylin's explanation, the fog which had congealed into a human figure seemed to ripple, as if it was so angered by him that it dissipated.

"Good! Very good!"

Caesar nodded condescendingly and looked towards the Magi present.

"Wally offended a Magus of higher power than him and attempted to use spells in a public area. I sentence him to imprisonment for three months within the dark tower. Also, I will rescind his share of this year's resources."

"With this, are you satisfied, vice team leader Leylin?" Caesar asked, specifically stressing the last few words, and seeming to be implying something.

"But of course! I am very satisfied!"

Smiling, Leylin withdrew his right foot, and facing Caesar, he humbly saluted.

This outcome was already better than he expected, and he was aware that he should know when to stop and not go too far in this situation.

"By the way! You, come with me!" Caesar pointed at Leylin.

In front of the admiration and fearful gazes of the hunting team, Leylin shrugged his shoulders and slowly exited the field. Only the scarred Magus Wally was left lying on the ground.

"He… He's actually this strong!"

After Leylin left the field, the remaining Magi made some noises of incredulity.

"Though he is strong, he dared to contradict our team leader. Hehe…." Another Magus grinned, revelling in Leylin's apparent misfortune.

Their team leader, Caesar, was no good person. Not only was he the team leader of their hunting team, he also had, in his arsenal, many methods of torture that could cause any official Magus to have a nervous breakdown.

"Leylin? Leylin! I remember him—he is Zone 13's Leylin!"

At that moment, one of the Magi finally realized Leylin's identity.

"The person who killed 9 dark Magi and captured 8 more? Right, that person seemed to be called Leylin and was sent here by headquarters. It can't be that much of a coincidence, can it?"

A Magus of the hunting team with exceptionally oily skin joined in the conversation, a wry smile on his face.

Having attacked and even captured many enemy Magi, some of whom were semi converted Magi, Leylin had earned quite a reputation.

It was only now that these Magi knew who they had provoked.

"No wonder! If that was Leylin, he has the right to be so arrogant!"

An older middle-aged man looked in the direction that Leylin had left, a complex expression on his face. They were just ordinary members of the hunting team, with their average strength being that of a semi converted elemental Magus, and multiple Magi who had this level of power had been killed by Leylin. The one thing they collectively agreed on was that power determined one's status in the world.

At the beginning, they had not known who Leylin was and thought Leylin had been provoking them. On hindsight, they decided this was the actions of an expert who knew what he was doing.

……

The Magi in the hunting team later saw Leylin once more at the banquet that was held the same evening.

This time, no one dared to be so stupid as to go forward and pick a fight with him.

Leylin sat on the right side of the long table, calmly sizing up all the Magi present at the banquet.

The number of people in the Hunting Team was less than those in the Potioneering Team, but still, there were about 50 people here. Each of these Magi emitted powerful energy waves; almost all of the Magi here had reached the threshold of semi elemental conversion. They could be called the cream of the crop amongst official Magi.

"Everybody!" At the head of the table, Caesar cleared his throat.

Immediately, there was complete and utter silence, and all the Magi stood up in deference, waiting for Caesar's command.

"Before we begin the feast, allow me to introduce to you to a new member!" Caesar's face was brimming with a radiant smile.

"This is Magus Leylin! He will join our hunting team and assume the post of vice team leader. Everyone, please welcome him!"

In the wake of Caesar's introduction, Leylin also got up and bowed multiple times to address everyone.

"Vice team leader Leylin!"

Those Magi who have seen Leylin display his might did not dare to do anything else other than bowing so low that they almost achieved a perfect 90 degree angle.

"Hm! Very good!"

Caesar observed this scene, and nodded in satisfaction. He then continued, "All of you have experienced Magus Leylin's strength. Therefore, I declare that vice team leader Leylin will hold the position of commander of Hunting Zone 3."

"Wait a minute!" A voice sounded out, interrupting Caesar's speech.

Caesar frowned, but upon seeing the source of this voice, his expression eased up, "Vice team leader Leylin, do you have an objections?"

"Of course I have one!" Leylin looked gloomy and seemed put out. "Hunting Zone 3? As per my knowledge, that seems to be under the Abyssal Bone Forest's territory!"

Within the Eternal River Plains' secret plane, apart from areas dominated by either light or dark Magi organizations, there were places that armies had taken over, as well as some unoccupied areas.

These regions were located at the borders between the two factions of light and dark Magi. Some lay in desolate areas, while others were in accessible locations.

Since both sides were still unprepared, engaging with their main forces was a waste of resources. Hence, there had been an unspoken agreement that wandering Magi from either domain were allowed to battle there.

It didn't matter what these places were previously named. These few areas, which were under the Four Season Garden's control, all belonged to the Hunting team, and were further divided into different zones.

"Yes. The main enemy in Zone 3 is the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy. Do you have any problems with that?"

Suddenly, Caesar slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "Oh, I forgot! I read about your background—Magus Leylin, you were once an acolyte under the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy, right? Is there something you forgot to tell us?"

"Hmph!" When joining the Four Seasons Garden, Leylin had been very open with his background. Besides reaping some gains from Dylan Garden, there wasn't anything interesting about his past.

However, the feeling of having someone else having a hold on him caused him to be ill at ease.

"When I joined the Four Seasons Garden, I had clearly cut off my relationship with the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy. Does team leader still doubt my words?"

Leylin firmly replied.

"Very good!" Caesar clapped his hands smilingly.

"So, prove it to me! Bring me the head of a Magus from the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy, and prove your loyalty to the Four Seasons Garden!"

"And if I say no?"

"In that case, pardon me, but I will arrest you on the grounds of going against orders!"

The smile on Caesar's face turned cold, and his third eye on his forehead blinked open.

Buzz*

A strong and bloodthirsty spiritual force that was like a fine interwoven web covered the entire room in a split second.

Leylin had a solemn expression as he used his right hand to lightly press on his temple.

Spiritual force that was filled with an unfathomable depth and darkness descended upon the field as well.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

Instantly, the air seemed like it was being torn apart, and the sounds of shattering were emitted.

Whoosh!* An intense storm broke out in the room, and it felt like a tornado with a magnitude of ten had appeared out of nowhere, scattering the food on the dining tables all over the place.

"It's a spiritual force tornado! Fall back!"

All the Magi present carried an expression of extreme terror as they retreated hastily.

"Your spiritual force has improved quite a bit, but it's a shame that it still isn't enough!"

Opposite Leylin, Caesar's voice drifted over, carrying a hint of surprise. Following which, it turned cold. "I'll let you experience what a genuine peak rank 1 Magus is like! Spiritual Eye!"

After he spoke, a faint image of a giant vertical eye appeared instantly behind Caesar.

The eye seemed demonic as the entire eye was completely black, and resembled the eye on Caesar's forehead.

Rumble!*

After the image of the vertical eye appeared, the might of the spiritual force tornado within the area amplified by a couple fold. It even resulted in minute black cracks in the void, where silvery light were being produced from there.

"Team leader Caesar's prowess has reached the state where he can tear apart the void. If he progresses any further, he will reach the ability to materialise spiritual force, which is an ability that belongs to rank 2 Magi!"

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Hunting Zone 3

Seeing that Caesar's spiritual storm had almost torn space apart, the members of the hunting team that were present let out incredulous exclamations.

"I've long since heard about how 20 years ago Lord Caesar had reached the criteria to advance to rank 2. However, to pave the way and make his future advancement smoother, he chose to suppress his cultivation."

A female Magus with gauze that veiled her face mumbled, her eyes revealing adoration for Caesar, "As I thought, our team leader really is the strongest!"

"As expected, he's powerful!"

Leylin clenched his teeth and a large amount of spiritual force burst out from his sea of consciousness.

At the same time, a blue ray of light flashed in his eyes. "A.I. Chip, estimate the opponent's power!"

[Beep! Mission established. Beginning information gathering, constructing the simulation model.] The A.I. Chip's mechanical voice sounded.

Streams of data were rendered in front of Leylin's eyes, eventually coming to a conclusion.

[Estimation of target's spiritual force: 79.9. Opted elemental essence for conversion: Death element. Estimated elemental essence conversion: 85-90%.]

"This data means he's way past the entry requirements to advance to rank 2!"

The conditions for advancing from a rank 1 Magus to a rank 2 Magus were that one's spiritual force must be at least 80 and that their elemental essence conversion must be at least 80%.

However, many talented Magi did not want to advance right after meeting the bare minimum requirements. They wanted to be in the best condition when they advanced, which would pave the way for their future.

Thus, they voluntarily suppressed their spiritual force, keeping it at the boundary while they increased their elemental essence conversion to at least 90%. Only then would they choose to advance.

The type of Rank 2 Magi who chose to advance this way had a battle power that far exceeded that of their peers. All their future advancements would be easier as well.

Caesar was a talented Magus with this train of thought! Based on strength alone, he was even above the leader of the Potioneering team, Decarte.

However, this was quite normal. Decarte was the leader of the Potioneering team, and instead of battle power, he was more focused on being knowledgeable in Potioneering.

Caesar, on the other hand, was in charge of the Four Seasons Garden's hunting team, and was thus definitely much stronger than his peers.

Leylin suddenly had a thought and immediately took a look at his stats.

[Leylin Farlier. Rank 1 Warlock. Bloodline: Giant Kemoyin Serpent. Strength: 7.1, Agility: 6.7, Vitality: 8.5, Spiritual force: 58.9, Magic power: 58 (Magic power is in synchronisation with spiritual force). Elemental essence conversion: 70%. Status: Healthy]

"My spiritual force and elemental essence conversion are much too weak compared to his, and he isn't even using his full strength. If he did, my external spiritual force would have been destroyed long ago!"

Leylin gave a bitter laugh.

Of course, he hadn't gone all out. His elemental essence conversion and spiritual force had been suppressed by the technique obtained from the old witch, which made it more obvious to the others that he was not a match for this person.

After Caesar had used the Spiritual Eye Technique, Leylin's spiritual force gradually weakened, causing the attack to come dangerously close to his body.

"Puh!"

Leylin suddenly paled and staggered three steps backwards.

With every step, a deep footprint was seen. White gas seemed to rise around him.

A hint of red appeared in Leylin's eyes, but it quickly dissipated. He rubbed the blood at the corner of his mouth, and looked at Caesar with an unwillingness to lose.

"Team leader is really amazing!"

In this situation, victory was very obvious. The female Magus from before cheered loudly.

"Shut it!" Caesar glared, and the female Magus kept quiet, feeling wronged.

Pak pak!* Caesar clapped his hands expressionlessly.

After that, two rows of acolytes in formal attire came to the hall.

Facing the mess in front of them, there was no sign of confusion or astonishment as they quickly restrained their emotions.

Multi-coloured rays from magic spells lit up the area, and the level 3 acolytes even used rank zero magic spells to speed up the rate of cleaning up.

Minutes later, the hall looked as good as new. Even the long table had been replaced, and all types of steaming and tempting delicacies were once more displayed on the table.

"So? What's your answer, Magus Leylin?"

Caesar watched Leylin, who looked gloomy.

"Since that is what team leader wants, I have no choice but to obey!" Leylin answered unwillingly.

"Very good!"

Caesar nodded. "Well then, everyone! Let us raise our glasses to Leylin's future contributions!"

Clink!* Numerous wine glasses touched together, producing bright, pleasant sounds.

……

"My lord! The area that we are in charge of, Hunting Zone 3, spans from the green highlands there to the region of dried up marshes. Here, the Eternal River Plains' secret plane does not yield much, save for a type of Fantasy Spring Water, which is in high demand by Magi from both sides."

An old Magus from the hunting team with traces of white hair brought Leylin around, patrolling the area.

The areas the hunting team were in charge of greatly differed from areas which had been officially conquered. They were at the border where many opposing powers were, and it was hardly strange to see enemy Magi around.

Thus, these few hunting areas were those where the most fights occurred within the secret plane.

Every day, there were many acolytes and even official Magi who died at the hands of the enemy, turning into mere merit points on the enemy's part.

"Abyssal Bone Forest Academy's acolytes? It's really been a long time since I last saw them!"

Leylin was on high ground as he mumbled, gazing into the distance.

At that moment, his past life within Abyssal Bone Forest Academy along with each and every person there seemed to be fresh memories.

"Anyway, Professor Kroft is only a Potion Master, so it's unlikely he will be sent to the battlefield. If he's offended someone recently, that would be another story altogether."

Leylin thought for a while— the only people he would meet on the battlefield were the official Magi from Abyssal Bone Forest Academy.

Out of the professors in the academy, he was only familiar with a few such as Dorotte and Kroft.

Even if he killed a few of the others, he wouldn't have a guilty conscience since he didn't know them anyway.

He even had hopes of running into some of the people from the Lilytell family! He clearly carried a grudge from being chased by them previously.

"Vice team leader! We have tarried here for more than 15 minutes! This is the boundary, and if we continue onwards, it's possible that the enemy's scouts will detect our energy waves and besiege us."

The patrolling magician who was guiding Leylin bowed and reminded him.

In Hunting Zone 3, the vice leader Leylin was deserving of the title of being a local tyrant.

After all, he had sufficient strength, was the highest ranking person that was from Four Seasons Garden, and he was the boss of these hunting team members. This was very terrifying.

If Leylin found any Magus an eyesore, it was entirely within his right to send them to their deaths by commanding them to enter the enemy's territory.

If they wanted to resist, Leylin could kill them on the basis of them defying orders.

Thus, now that their lives were in Leylin's hands, things such as pride and honour would be long forgotten.

Leylin, who had been sent here, subdued these few Magi with a few moves.

"Got it, Old Man!" Leylin replied, indifferently.

Most of the members of the hunting team had nicknames, and this Magus who was next to Leylin went by the nickname of 'Old Man'.

"Since the Lilytell family lost the competition to be the dean of Abyssal Bone Forest Academy, it implies that their strength definitely does not exceed that of a rank 2 Magus. Who knows, they might not even have a rank 2 Magus."

Leylin quickly calculated the strength of the Lilytell Family.

"The grandfather of Bosain, whom I killed back then, was a powerful elder in the Lilytell Family at the peak of rank 1. He was probably a little weaker than Caesar and had about the same level of strength as Decarte."

Leylin's blue eyes flashed as he silently commanded, "A.I. Chip! Using the data gathered previously about Caesar, set up a simulation model and calculate my chances of winning in a fight against Caesar…."

[Beep! Mission established. Beginning data transfer, simulating a human form!]

The A.I. Chip faithfully pinged.

"Let's go!" Leylin said to Old Man, who was standing at the side and heaved a sigh of relief as they quickly left the area.

As he moved, streams of data flickered in front of Leylin rapidly.

With Leylin's mental power, it was very easy to multitask.

Moments later, the A.I. Chip came up with the results.

[Battle results: Number 2 and 3 will detonate themselves and die. Host and Caesar will die together. Probability: 89.7%.]

"What's happening? Show me specific images!"

Leylin was shocked. The conditions that he set included what he would do if he went all out, setting up traps and adding in surprise attacks from Number 2 and 3, who were Branded Swordsmen. Even with these conditions, the outcome was not in his favour, which was entirely beyond his expectations.

Weng!*

A faint blue screen, similar to a three dimensional display, appeared before Leylin's eyes and showed an image.

In the scene, Leylin managed to launch a surprise attack when Caesar was distracted, dealing great damage to his opponent. Caesar then turned back in surprise and anger, and fought Leylin.

Two figures flickered across the screen. What shocked Leylin was how strong Caesar's body was.

As they fought desperately for a few minutes, Caesar used his secret technique once again and healed most of his injuries.

At this moment, Leylin had also revealed his hidden cards: Number 2 and 3.

Number 2 and 3 roared and the brands on their bodies lit up, drowning Caesar in violent flames that shot out of their long swords.

The third eye on Caesar's forehead blinked open, exposing a black, defensive ray of light that completely suppressed the two Branded Swordsmen's attack.

From that eye, there also seemed to be a white light that had high offensive power against one's spirit.

At the end, Leylin could was left with no choice but to order Number 2 and Number 3 to detonate themselves, thereby destroying Caesar's third eye.

However, Caesar laughed crazily and split his body into two other figures. The three bodies stood at different areas, dragging Leylin with them as they exploded simultaneously.

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Black Smog

"Three spirits in one body! I never expected to see Magi still practicing this ancient technique, and actually succeed!"

Leylin's expression showed his shock.

However, from the simulation from the A.I. Chip, Leylin now had a better idea of the level of his strength.

Currently, Leylin could be said to be at the peak of rank 1, where dealing with a semi-converted Magus was as easy as chopping vegetables.

However, if he were to compare himself to genius Magi—such as Caesar—who had already met the requirements to advance, he was still weaker.

Fortunately, Magi like Caesar weren't common on the south coast.

His mortal enemy, the elder of the Lilytell family, was a little weaker than Caesar.

With Leylin's current skills, if he were to fight him one on one without any tricks, he was not a match for Caesar.

This was to be expected though, since it had not been too long since Leylin had become an official Magus. Most Magi would still be new and inexperienced.

It was already an achievement for Leylin to possess this level of strength.

"As long as I endure for a while more and wait until my spiritual force and elemental essence conversion reach the ultimate degree that can be achieved by a rank 1 Magus. Then, with the added bonus from my Warlock bloodline, I will definitely be able to defeat and maybe even kill him…"

Leylin calculated inwardly, his eyes flashing with dark light.

This sight caused the old geezer beside him to tremble in trepidation.

Boom! Boom!*

A severe seismic wave came from the ground.

A crack appeared, and a gush of tempting, fragrant and milky white spring water burst out from the ground.

The mysterious aroma pervaded the air, and the plants in the area rapidly grew, seeming to have received some nourishment.

"Squeak squeak…" An earthen yellow mole scuttled from the grass and it opened its intelligent eyes wide, observing its surroundings. It dashed to the side of the water, and began to drink in huge gulps.

Boom! Boom!*

Heavy footsteps sounded and gradually increased in number, announcing a horde of animals.

There were regular animals such as wolves, cheetahs, and pythons, but they were nothing compared to the number of strange, bizarre-looking creatures that were there as well.

There were some whose upper half was human, while the other half consisted of the legs of a spider, and there were others that were as huge as mountains. More than all of these creatures, however, the thing that caused the most fear was the black smog at the heart of the wave.

This black smog spanned across a large area, and there were multiple tendrils of smoke at the edges that kept extending outwards like tentacles. Regardless of whether they were tigers, cheetahs, half-spiders, or double-headed snakes, all animals that got close would be silently consumed by the smog.

After it passed through, all that was left was a pile of white bones.

Even though there was a temptingly strong life force energy radiating from the milky white spring water, the animals all made the same decision to stay far away from the black smog. There was a deliberate amount of space left between the animals and the black smog.

They came to the side of the spring and competed desperately to have the chance to drink the spring water. Just the black smog alone had taken up a lot of space.

The sounds of furious roaring and the tearing apart of meat sounded out!

A bloody battle for the chance to drink the water started at the mouth of the spring.

Of course, these bizarre animals headed in the opposite direction of the black smog, and the mole from earlier had long since disappeared.

More than a few kilometers away, a group of Magi wearing the uniform of the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy were advancing.

In the middle was a Magus who had countless plants that seemed like tentacles hanging all over his body and embedded straight into the ground.

All of a sudden, a Magus halted his footsteps and began to grin.

"What's up, Blake? Did you discover anything?"

The leader of the team questioned the scouting Magus called Blake.

"Yes! In that direction, about 7 kilometers away, I sensed dense life force energy waves, and I could feel the energy veins pulsing through the earth… It was at the mouth of a newly-formed fantasy spring. There are also multiple weak traces of life, which probably belong to the animals nearby that were attracted there."

Blake spoke with conviction, pointing in the direction of the spring.

"Good! Let's get there, lest those darned bastards drink up the entire spring!"

The Magus leader was extremely pleased. Discovering the fantasy spring was a substantial contribution!

"But…" Blake was obviously hesitant. "Within all those traces of life, there seems to be a large fellow…"

"Who cares? Do you mean it can resist with 5 official Magi joining hands to attack?"

One of the members in the group immediately exclaimed, "Then what are we waiting for?"

The entire group immediately set off in the direction Blake had pointed out, and Blake could only smile wryly, knowing that nobody would listen to what he had to say. Also, just as his teammate had said, there was nothing that could stop them… Unless they met a Magus from the Four Seasons Garden!

Once the Magi group reached the mouth of the fantasy spring, they saw many animals scrambling for the spring water.

"No! How dare these lowly, wretched bastards drink my fantasy springwater!"

As he watched the water level drop, the leader was on the verge of going crazy. "This is a high-level lifeforce spring water that sells for over a hundred magic crystals per gallon! It's also a necessary item when brewing potions. Quick! What are you still doing there? Kill all of these bastards!"

Two ice blades emitting coldness appeared in the Magi's hands, his expression complicated as if he bore a grudge.

Though the spring would be saved like this, and would become a possession of the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy, only a small portion of contribution points would be given to him!

"Team leader, look at that!"

Blake dragged the leader by his clothes, pointing at the black smog.

"The devilish black smog! Shit! It being so large must mean that it's already an adult!" The leader could feel a headache coming on.

The devilish black smog was a high energy being in the Magus world.

They were born without a form and were just made of black smog. They did not move quickly, but it was because of this that spells were less effective against them, and their defensive abilities were more impressive.

The most pressing issue was the fact that this devilish black smog had already matured.

It was a large possibility that a matured devilish black smog has awoken their ethereal skill. Even official Magi might have trouble killing or chasing it away.

"Whatever! The good thing is that this type of devilish black smog has high defense, but relatively weak attacks, so the only thing to be careful of is to not let its tentacles touch you!"

The leader pointed at two members. "You two will follow me and release long range spells, and hopefully draw the devilish black smog away. The others will chase away the animals because every second they are still here means we lose thousands of magic crystals."

The Magus leader seemed to be respected in the group, and his arrangements did make sense. Soon after, the Magi split up.

"Drilling Frost!"

"Fireball!"

"Globule of Secondary Energy!"

Spells at the energy levels of an official Magi were let out by the three Magi. Ice bolts, fireballs and multi-coloured balls of energy flew out towards the devilish black smog beside the spring.

The spells distorted the air as they streaked across the sky, leaving behind traces of energy waves.

"Wa… wa…"

The devilish black smog made sounds like that of a child crying as the black smog on its body dispersed. It then became more transparent.

The ice bolts, fireballs, and globules of secondary energy went through the black smog, but it did not cause any significant effect.

The entire body of the black smog became a little more transparent, yet it drank from the spring in huge gulps, as if nothing had happened.

"Physical attacks don't work, which means this devilish black smog definitely has awakened its ethereal ability! Use vaporisation or area of effect attacks that are made up of pure energy!"

The leader was a veteran, and immediately analyzed the current growth stage of the smog.

"Ice fog!"

He first produced a large amount of white fog, in which were ice shards and beads, which quickly moved in the direction of the devilish black smog.

"Support me!" The leader howled.

Immediately after, the two other group members got to work. One released a green hurricane that hastened the speed of the ice fog, while the other constantly set up defenses in front of the group.

With the help of the green tornado, the icy fog moved extremely quickly and immediately reached and stopped at the devilish black smog."

Tss tss*

The sound of cold water freezing was heard as the ice fog collided with the black smog. The black smog all around the area started moving even slower.

"Whoa!" The roars of the devilish black smog continuously sounded, this time, filled with pain.

"Chi chi!" The black smog churned and revealed two huge yellow pupils, staring directly in the leader's direction.

"I've already made it angry, so be careful!" Upon seeing the smog's reaction, he began to yell.

Chi chi!* With the strange sounds from the smog, two large portions of black smog were vomited out like a bomb, and rushed towards the three Magi!

"Shield of Gaia!" The only member in charge of setting up defenses went forward, pressing his finger to the ground in front of her.

Rumble*

A layer of large granite rock rose up from the ground, taking the shape of a shield and defending the Magi behind it.

The black smog bomb collided with the large granite shield, producing an explosive bang.

Pa pa!*

The surroundings seemed to be a mess—rock and mud were splattered in all four directions, and a crater was also created at the epicenter of the collision.

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Black Fire

The few Magi were hiding behind the Shield of Gaia. Together with their innate defense spell, they were safe even from the few stray fragments of rock that struck them.

"Ji Ji!" Seeing that its attack didn't have any effect, the strange-formed black smog finally shifted its attention away from the fantasy springwater. It extended numerous tendrils around the surroundings, which was slowly creeping towards the three Magi.

"Great! I'll lure it away! All of you are to collect the fantasy springwater while it's distracted!"

The team leader hollered.

After that, the three Magi constantly retreated while frequently casting spells, luring the strangely-formed black smog to gradually move away from its original spot.

The other two members of the team took the chance to quickly eradicate other life forms. When they reached the edge of the fantasy springwater, they were the only beings left.

Once Blake reached the mouth of the spring, he started to chant a mysterious incantation.

Rumble!*

The milky white springwater started to bubble as he steadily chanted in front of the spring.

Bang!* The large quantity of fantasy springwater was being absorbed in midair by Blake, just like a whale drinking water. As the water was being absorbed, it concentrated into a milky white gemstone-like object, finally landing in Blake's hands.

"Hurry up! I won't be able to hold back the strange-formed black smog for much longer!"

When the leader saw that Blake and another member were collecting the springwater, he first let out a smile before turning to shock in the next instant.

After seeing that someone was collecting large amounts of the delicacy that it was going to consume, the black smog that was still pursuing the team leader let out a baby-like wail before turning back to charge towards the spring.

"Delay it to gain more time!" That team leader's eyes were slightly red.

"Awoooo!"

A creature's holler suddenly came from the sky while the few team members were occupied.

A chill arose in all of the Magi's heart after hearing that sound. The strange-formed black smog also stopped its movement as it revealed its enormous yellow eyes, looking warily at the sky.

They saw an enormous Poison Wyvern. Its body was 30% larger than it should have been, with green scales covered it completely. The force behind every flap of its enormous wings was very powerful.

"This….This Poison Wyvern seems to be….."

That team leader said in a daze.

"That's right! That Poison Wyvern that is stronger than an official Magus is the symbol of that Magus! Leader, we're really lucky this time!" A member of his group smiled wryly as he said that. A sliver of despair appeared on the team leader's face.

"Hmm? A strangely-formed black smog? That's right, I need its core….."

An extremely youthful voice rang out from the Poison Wyvern's back, and following that statement, a strong magic undulation descended on the entire area.

The Magi below instantly felt as though an enormous wave was crashing over them. That power was so powerful that they couldn't resist.

The strange-formed black smog that was still dealing with three Magi immediately stopped resisting against them. The powerful aura of its body increased by half and its form shrunk. It looked more substantial and both of its yellow eyes were wide as it stared fixedly at its new opponent. Low snarls could be heard from it.

Following that person's voice, a black hand, which burned with violent black flames, struck from the back of the Poison Wyvern towards that strange-formed black smog.

The areas that the black hand passed through briefly fluctuated.

The hand was not yet done, and the stones and grass were blown away roughly, revealing a barren land.

The black smog lay right in the middle of this area.

"Chi chi!" The smog faced the heavens and bellowed, constantly spewing out black bullets. These bombs that were formed from condensed black fog seemed to grow eyes and sailed through the air in a strange line, accurately intercepting the large hand that burned with black flames.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!*

The black bullets exploded in front of the large hand, but it was clearly ineffective. They were burnt up by the flames, leaving not even a trace on the palm of the hand.

Whoosh!*

The attack from the black smog was unable to slow down the fiery large hand. Under the astonished gazes of the surrounding members, the black flaming hand grabbed onto the body of the black smog.

"Waah waah!"

The raging black flames covered the body of the black smog in an instant, the smog gradually becoming fainter under the flames. It eventually burnt into white steam and completely evaporated.

The black smog's figure became increasingly smaller, and within a few seconds, it was half its original size. It cried out painfully, its tentacles involuntarily twitching and even rolling on the ground, but this did nothing to deter the large hand.

The flames persisted and continued to burn away the strange body of the black smog.

Another ten minutes passed, and the entire black smog was completely destroyed by the black flames, leaving behind something that looked like a black pearl.

This black pearl was completely smooth, containing what seemed to be a miniature version of the black smog, constantly changing its shape.

Thud! Thud!*

The Poison Wyvern in the air had also descended by then, a youthful male Magus jumping off its back. He approached the area where the flames had burnt, retrieving the black pearl.

"A large Poison Wyvern and black flames! There is no mistake, he must be Four Seasons Garden's 'Blackfire' Leylin!"

This team leader smiled wryly. Earlier he had sensed an immense and terrifying spiritual force with a large amount dark elemental energy. It had reached the battlefield and had been observing their every move.

Under the surveillance of this spiritual force, just moving required more energy than usual; it was naturally impossible to even think about escaping or fighting back.

"Blackfire Leylin? Isn't that the one from our academy who…"

A member nearby held his tongue, his expression revealing his shock.

As Magi of Abyssal Bone Forest Academy, they definitely knew the existence of a potioneering genius who had been involved in a conflict with the Lilytell family and had been subsequently expelled.

Though it was said that he had already advanced to be an official Magus, hearing rumours and actually seeing it for themselves was a completely different experience.

In addition, the strength that Leylin exhibited far exceeded the might that a newly-advanced Magus would normally have. Even old men like them could only sigh in longing at his power.

"It's such a large area, but we actually managed to bump into him. What luck we have…"

This Magus team leader shook his hand and quickly stood in front of his teammates. "Go! I'll stall for time!"

"Leader!" "Team leader!"

Several members of the team were reluctant to obey.

Blake disregarded his words and went forward, standing shoulder-to-shoulder by the team leader. "If you're going to stay behind, then I should be the one doing so. I'm the scout in this group, and it was my fault that we did not discover the enemy…"

However, with Blake's strength, discovering Leylin was basically impossible. Furthermore, Blake's detection skills only applied to enemies on the ground. For those who were in the air, it was completely useless.

"Leader!" The other members seemed to be on good terms with their team leader and hesitated, with another staying behind as well.

The other two glanced at each other, erupting with wind elemental particles around them and moving over ten metres in the blink of an eye. They wildly charged forward, seemingly uncaring of their lives.

"Why does it feel like I'm the huge villain here?" Opposite them, Leylin stroked his chin and had the sudden urge to laugh.

It was quite unexpected that Magi from the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy could be so united in a life or death situation like this.

However, even the dark Magi had a few friends they were willing to risk their lives for. Had the team members not trusted each other, then their small team would have perished on its first mission and would not have lasted till this point.

"Magi from Abyssal Bone Forest Academy?"

Upon seeing their strangely familiar black robes, he turned somewhat emotional. Just a few years ago he had been a lowly acolyte who had to be extremely respectful the moment he saw robes that a Magus wore.

But now, whether these official Magi lived or died was in Leylin's hands.

It felt quite strange to face the reversal like this.

"Do you want to stop resisting, or should I make my move?" Leylin asked indifferently.

The moment those words were uttered, the situation could no longer be changed.

"We're going to go all out! Go!" The team leader showed his firm stance as he yelled.

Ka-cha!* There were suddenly two more long ice blades in his hands mercilessly slashing towards Leylin!

Tentacles also formed under Blake's feet, squirming and extending till they shaped into a large hammer.

The hammer was lifted high and ruthlessly slammed towards Leylin.

The last Magus used a few support spells on his comrades and set up a large rock shield in front of them.

"Quite a compatible combination! It's a pity that it's useless!"

Leylin evaluated, seeming to be making no move. From his figure, innumerable shadow tentacles suddenly emerged.

These shadow feelers seemed to be like plant roots, spreading all over in large quantities till they practically blotted the sky.

The world suddenly became dark and gloomy.

"Shadow Domain!"

Leylin whispered, and his body became a black figure, dissipating into the air.

Boom! Boom!*

The ice blades and huge hammer struck the floor, leaving behind two huge holes with traces of green smoke emitting around them.

"Take care of our defense!" The team leader roared.

"It's too late! Within the shadows, I am everywhere!"

Black light flashed, and Leylin's figure appeared behind the rock shield.

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Total Captivity

As he watched the enemy Magus in charge of defense, Leylin raised his right hand and tapped.

Weng!*

Countless black figures emerged from the shadows, overlapping with each other as they continuously multiplied. With the accumulation of the shadows, a small light appeared in front of his finger that formed a small-scale vortex that seemed to be able to suck one's spirit in.

In front of Leylin, a layer of greenish-gray iron covering instantly appeared on that Magus' skin.

This was 'Iron Skin', an innate earth element solidification spell that rank 1 Magi liked to use.

Ripple!*

Leylin's finger seemed to be moving extremely slowly, though in actuality it was approaching very quickly. As he tapped the Magus' Iron Skin, the sound of rippling water could be heard.

In front of Leylin's finger, the Magus' Iron Skin peeled off bit by bit like snakeskin. A look of incredulity appeared on the Magus' face, and after having been quickly tapped on the forehead by Leylin, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

"Laura?!" The team leader was furious.

Shortly afterwards, a scroll appeared in his hands and Blake, who was to one side of the leader, produced a small shield the size of a palm.

Immense energy waves were emitted from these two items, indicating that they were ready to be activated at any moment.

"You two can attack me together!"

Facing this sight, Leylin simply smiled and clawed with both hands.

Tssss!*

Black streams of air were emitted from his fingers, and each of the ten black streams was like little snakes as they surrounded these two Magi.

Where the two Magi had previously stood, two black cocoons could now be seen. From these cocoons, the occasional snake-like hisses could be heard.

Seconds later, the black mist dissipated, leaving behind two Magi that had fainted on the floor.

There was a layer of vague imprints that were like black snakes wandering back and forth across their faces.

Pak!*

After taking care of these three Magi, Leylin willed the shadow vines obstructing the sky to withdraw back into his shadow.

"I feel it now! With the constant stimulation from my bloodline, my control over the darkness is becoming increasingly stronger!"

The darkness in Leylin's pupils became deeper, and he appeared to be intoxicated while deep in thought as he mumbled to himself.

After handling these three Magi prisoners, Leylin waited another few minutes.

Zoom!*

Two unidentifiable human figures were flying across the ground, dashing towards Leylin rapidly. Even Leylin was only able to see after-images.

Thud!*

The two black figures were carrying something on their shoulders and came to Leylin, throwing the things on their backs onto the floor.

"Master!" Number 2 and Number 3 knelt on one leg, greeting him.

"In accordance with your orders, we have caught all of them. None have escaped!"

The two Magi that had escaped just now were currently lying on the ground.

Several injuries that were so deep that bone could be seen on the bodies of the Magi. They were extremely pale, which was a result of extreme blood loss. It was not difficult to imagine that these wounds were the result of a fierce battle.

"Good! You did well!" Leylin expressed his approval towards his subordinates.

These two Magi were newly advanced, and thus the weakest amongst the Magi. Numbers 2 and 3 were able to defeat them because of the immense power of Branded Swordsmen, a subdivision of the ancient Magi.

Perhaps, this was the obvious result of the large consumption of potential and vitality from Number 2 and Number 3.

To obtain power, Leylin had no choice but to speed things up and carry out many taboo methods on their bodies. This allowed them to break through their limits and become Branded Swordsmen in a short period of time.

Because of this, their vitality was being consumed at a faster rate. Based on the A.I. Chip's calculations, they only had two more months to live.

"Bring them along. Let's go!" Leylin heaved a sigh of relief as he pointed at the five Abyssal Bone Forest Academy Magi lying on the ground.

He still had many questions that could only be answered by these people.

In addition, it was no simple task to obtain official Magi slaves and guinea pigs.

Leylin still had many ideas and conjectures regarding Branded Swordsmen, and he needed to test it on these Magi.

After all, in ancient times, Branded Swordsmen were a subdivision of the official Magi, not Knights!

Hence, with Grand Knights as guinea pigs, Leylin still felt he was lacking something even with the help of the A.I. Chip. In the end, all he produced was Numbers 2 and 3, who were incomplete versions of the Branded Swordsman.

This could be due to their lack of the tremendous spiritual force that Magi possessed, which resulted in Number 2 and 3's difficulty in manipulating the elemental particles in the air. It was several times more difficult than predicted by the A.I. Chip.

Leylin considered some scenarios and then brought the five Magi to a secure hidden area. After interrogating them, he immediately began to verify his doubts regarding Branded Swordsmen.

Leylin only dared to be so unscrupulous because this was a time of war and he was doing this to those from the enemy camp.

If not, using official Magi as guinea pigs would most certainly result in society's displeasure, and he would receive negative repercussions.

……

On a high ground filled with white flowers.

In the thick fog, a large castle that looked like an upside-down cone existed.

This castle only had one point that was connected to the ground, and yet it was able to support the main body of the castle on top. Looking at it gave one the misconception that the world was upside down.

It seemed like this castle was normally upright, but someone had turned it upside down.

In the walkway paved with white marble, an old woman with a head of silver hair was carrying an oil lamp, ambling slowly.

Ka-cha!* A metal door with blue electric currents sparking on the surface was pushed forward.

Tssss!* Large amounts of icy white gas began to condense as they came into contact with the outside. It filled the walkway behind her with a layer of white frost.

The old lady walked in the house, which was practically a world of ice and snow. It was below 0 degrees, and if one were a regular human, it would be impossible for them to stay here for more than a few seconds.

In the heart of the house, tendrils of white vapour constantly emanated from two ice coffins.

Through the translucent coffins, one could see a burly man in one, and a girl lying quietly in the other.

Both of them had their eyes tightly shut, a look of pain and signs of struggle flashing across their faces occasionally. Each had a rune with a snake wriggling about on their neck and right hand.

"Sorry for the trouble, Doctor Hyder!"

The old woman got out of the way, and a Magus with a head of silver hair came from behind her.

This Magus looked to be very old, with wrinkle after wrinkle heaping on his face. However, his eyes were bright and he had a benevolent smile on his face.

"Curses are a very troublesome part of spells. They involve many strange and cruel things and Magi in the south coast who know this type of magic are scarce. I can't guarantee anything other than that I'll try my best."

Hyder, a Magus specializing in healing, did not immediately approach the patients, but first spoke to the old woman.

"You are an expert in this field. If you are unable to solve this problem, then I don't even know who I should approach."

She gave a bitter laugh.

"Alright! I'll give it my all!" Hyder nodded. Usually, he definitely would not take on such jobs. Not only were they dangerous, it was easy to offend the Magus who had produced the curse.

However, he was on good terms with this family and owed them a few favours. Hence, he had no choice but to come.

Hyder went forward and looked the ice coffins up and down, and then nodded.

"When unable to treat a condition, freezing the victim is a very good method!"

He shifted his focus past the layer of ice, and upon seeing the curse runes within, he gasped.

Hyder's expression immediately became serious, and a stifling atmosphere pervaded the air.

He produced several bizarre items from his clothes, which seemed to be useful in testing the nature and effects of the curse.

The old woman behind him stood behind him in bated breath, not daring to even speak a word.

A good while later, Hyder put down the stethoscope in his hands and rubbed off the cold sweat on his forehead.

"How is it?" She immediately inquired.

"It's troublesome! No, it's extremely troublesome!" Hyder looked abnormally solemn.

"From this rune I felt an ancient aura. It's possible that this was a curse passed on from ancient times, and there are basically no other models of it to be found on the south coast. Furthermore, this technique is very complicated and without large amounts of experimentation, trying to treat it at this point will only result in the curse going berserk in the body. The end result is something none of us want to see…"

Now, after seeing how demanding and crafty this curse was, even Hyder regretted his decision. Was it worth it to repay a favour and, in turn, offend a terrifying dark Magus?

"An ancient curse… hss…" the old lady gasped.

As a family with a long history, she naturally understood the difficulty in dealing with this curse.

Forcefully breaking the curse would only result in death, unless the Magus who had set the curse decided to stop pursuing the matter.

"Are there no other methods?" With a hopeful glint in her eyes, she stared at Hyder.

"It would be best to make a trade with the Magus who set the curse. Other than that, I would need large amounts of guinea pigs and practical tests to find a way and break the curse."

Hyder slanted his head and thought for a moment, before speaking.

"Also, there is a time limit for the curse. Based on my test, there is at most one more month before it will completely erupt!" Hyder dropped another bomb on her.

Upon hearing this, the old lady trembled and then she breathed in deeply, a resolute look on her face.

"It doesn't matter what happens to Manla, but nothing can happen to Jenna! That is my final threshold!"

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Acolyte

"Huh?"

Hyder looked at the old woman, a little confused.

"What I'm trying to say is… Rather than guinea pigs, the results would be better if you could do tests on a Magus who has also been cursed. Am I wrong?" The old woman looked cold and indifferent as if she was a block of ice.

"Theoretically speaking, that's true, and it would be even better if it's an official Magus…" Hyder unconsciously muttered to himself, and suddenly came to a realisation. "You're thinking of using Manla?"

Hyder could not hide his shock at her words. Though this lady's family had a long history, official Magi were few and far between. There were not more than 5 of them; this act would sacrifice a fifth of their power!

"If that's what fate dictates, then so be it!" The old woman looked to be in a trance as she gazed at Jenna, who was in a deep sleep within the ice coffin. "She is the seer and nothing can be allowed to happen to her!"

"The seer? No wonder!" Hyder repeated after her. He had also heard about the family's strange ability to foresee the future.

"Kill him! The traitor that goes against fate!" At this moment, Jenna suddenly opened her eyes, revealing the whites of her eyes as she spoke expressionlessly.

"Those who offend the seer will have their spirits cast into a bottomless hellhole with black flames, and receive endless torture. Hehehe…" All of a sudden, Jenna's expression changed, and she began to laugh crazily.

Next, the whites of her eyes disappeared, and a look of suffering appeared. She looked to be on the verge of tearing as she stared in the direction of the old woman. "Grandmother…"

This expression quickly dissipated, and the colour of her face changed. Several images appeared, forming different faces.

"Hsss…" As if stimulated, the black snake runes on her pale neck began to extend.

Lines of black veins instantly crawled all over Jenna's face.

"This is bad!" Hyder immediately went forward, pouring a bottle of blue liquid into her mouth.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!* On the surface of Jenna's body, countless shards of blue ice appeared, causing her body to freeze.

"Sleep!" Hyder spoke slowly; the expression in his eyes was hard to make out and was somewhat intimidating.

Blue threads from his fingers went deep into her body.

After a long period of time, Jenna finally went back to sleep, and the snake curse returned to its original shape, though it looked a little bigger than before.

"A fractured spirit! Or no, is this the fusion of spirits? How pitiful…"

After all that work, Hyder began to look at Jenna with pity in his eyes.

As a healing Magus who was friendly with this family, he knew about the divination ability they possessed.

This strange ability came from an incomplete high-grade meditation technique.

All who cultivated in this meditation technique would automatically gain the ability to receive premonitions of the future to some extent. As they progressed and cultivated further, they would even be able to observe fragments of the future.

Unfortunately, this incomplete high-grade meditation technique had stringent limitations, and only the female members of Jenna's family were able to cultivate in it.

In addition, within each generation, only one member would succeed in it and gain the power to predict the future.

These people were called the 'seers'!

If that was all, the situation would be manageable. However, with the passing down of this technique, a more scary phenomenon appeared.

The spirits of the seer through the years were somehow preserved, and they would possess the body of the current seer.

Hence, with the accumulation of more and more spirits, the seer's mind would become mentally unstable, and she would become schizophrenic.

Hyder had previously accepted the task of producing potions that could stabilise the mental state or spirit of the seer.

The current Jenna looked like a single person, but within her body resided the spirits of the past seer.

With the increase of spirits within her body, Jenna's mental health and rationality became frail, and there came a point where she did not even know what she was doing. The spirits of the seers from previous generations would even occasionally take over her body.

As a result, she would do some strange things that were unthinkable to the regular person.

Hyder was very much aware that after gaining this ability, Jenna's family had become a little neurotic.

Not only did they say that pretty much everything they did was in the name of the protector, and were unwilling to accept any criticism, but they were also used to saying nonsense like "following what fate had in store for them."

As this continued to happen, several families that had previously been on good terms with them distanced themselves.

After all, Magi were a bunch of rational and free people. Nobody wanted to be with someone who would constantly criticise their actions.

What had once been a large clan inevitably fell. Just looking for some external help was difficult, and they could only find a sole healing Magus—Hyder.

"How is she?" The old woman inquired worriedly, though she pointedly ignored Manla at the side.

Hyder sighed, feeling pity for Manla.

"Though I was able to temporarily suppress the outbreak of the curse, Miss Jenna's unstable mental condition means that the outbreak can recur at any time!"

Hyder gave the old woman a long, meaningful look. "Also, with that outbreak just now, the date which the curse on her body will completely erupt has been brought closer."

……

Leylin knew nothing about what was happening.

It was just the opposite. He was surprised that he hadn't heard anything about Jenna's family trying to find him through other organisations.

From the looks of it, Jenna's speech about being on good terms with large white Magi organisations was just a ploy to scare him in a life or death situation.

Though Leylin had made some preparations, the feeling of having made preparations but there being no signs of attacks directed at him left him feeling a little dejected.

"But the time limit that I set is approaching! They will definitely look for me soon!"

The corners of Leylin's mouth curved into a cold smile.

His curse came from the rank 4 Morning Star Magus, the great Magus Serholm. With the A.I. Chip's simulation and encryption methods, it was basically impossible for anyone else in the entire south coast to undo it.

To save these two people, the family supporting Jenna would have to beg him for help!

Leylin was also quite interested in Jenna's divination ability and desired to know more about it.

……

Whoosh…*

The sounds of fierce wind whistled past Leylin's ears.

Awooooo!" The Venom Wyvern, Hawke, made sounds of excitement as it soared through the air.

The gale that met them ruffled Leylin's clothes, producing the sounds of fabric flapping. Leylin closed his eyes in enjoyment, looking content.

"The Abyssal Bone Forest Academy and the Lilytell Family! It's time to sever things off completely!"

Thinking back to the information he had gained from those few Magi, a merciless glint appeared in Leylin's eyes.

He was quite knowledgeable in the field of spirits and had learned about methods in torturing spirits. Leylin even had the ability to use certain combinations of potions to search the souls of newly-advanced Magi.

Under the endless torture methods that Leylin had employed, the five Magi that Leylin had taken prisoner quickly relinquished all that they knew.

From their very lips, Leylin was able to obtain a very detailed distribution chart of the Abyssal Bone Forest's forces in Hunting Zone 3.

What aroused Leylin's interest was a stronghold that was headed by the Lilytell family!

In the beginning, in order to obtain the Kemoyin's Pupil technique, he had killed off Bosain. This had offended an elder of the Lilytell family, so Leylin had no choice but escape from the academy. Scenes of his past flashed by Leylin.

This was a dispute that had come about in one's pursuit of power. There was no right or wrong, but since he had garnered animosity from them, Leylin was prepared to eliminate this liability!

Though Giant had promised to mediate, one could only trust himself! The best enemy was a dead one!

That elder from the Lilytell family who specialized in metal had reached the apex of a rank 1 Magus. If Leylin were to make his move now, it would be a bit difficult.

However, he would be able to cut off his opponent's wings and weaken his family!

It would be even better if that elder himself was around. Leylin was certain that he would be able to withdraw safely, and that he would be able to collect large amounts of data and command the A.I. Chip to simulate the best way to kill him!

The Venom Wyvern soared through the air at a frightening speed, causing animals and acolytes alike to only see a black blur.

"We've entered enemy territory. This is where most of the enemy Magus activity is."

Leylin suddenly having an idea. He produced large amounts of grey clouds from within his sleeves, concealing both him and the Venom Wyvern.

With the spread of the grey clouds, the large figure of the Venom Wyvern actually become the same colour as the blue sky. Even the immense life and heat waves from it vanished.

……

On a valley floor, an obese-looking acolyte in grey robes was being chased by a group of wild wolves.

"Faster! Just a little bit faster, and I'll reach one of the strongholds of the academy!"

The acolyte ran, cheering herself on while tightly grasping a unique red ore.

"Awoooo!" A wild wolf howled, surrounding itself with a ring of green particles. Its speed immediately increased fivefold, turning into a black line as it headed straight for the acolyte.

With green light shooting from its eyes, the wolf opened its mouth to reveal sharp teeth that reeked of blood, and snapped at the acolyte's hand.

"Bite it!" This acolyte resolutely surrendered the left hand that the wolf was aiming for.

Ka-cha!* The pathetic defense of the acolyte's robes was pierced through.

Immediately after, the wolf fiercely bit onto the acolyte's left arm, and a muffled sound similar to something biting on leather was heard.

"Hah!" The acolyte swung her left arm.

The wild wolf was swung away as she exerted her enormous strength.

At the next moment, however, multiple wild wolves caught up to her.

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Saving A Damsel In Distress

Seeing herself surrounded by wild wolves, the acolyte made a decision.

She fiercely swung her right arm backwards.

Ka-cha!* Her palm split open, revealing multiple white teeth, and looked like another mouth

Thump! Thump! Thump!*

From the mouth on her right arm, several lumps of putrid green liquid shot out.

"Awooooo…"

The liquid balls hit the bodies of the wild wolves, producing large amounts of white smoke. They corroded at a very fast pace, revealing the striking red flesh and white bones of the wild wolves.

The wolves' attack became sluggish, and making use of this chance, the acolyte quickly recited a few incantations and added a spell that would increase her speed.

Eventually, before the group of wolves caught up to her, this acolyte quickly burst into a layer of mist.

After entering the mist, she heaved a huge sigh of relief.

She looked around her.

Around her were several official Magi and acolytes in the robes unique to Abyssal Bone Forest Academy moving about.

"Stop there, acolyte! The password and your token!"

Countless black owls surrounded the acolyte, creating a huge human figure that spoke.

"Supreme Abyssal Bones!" The acolyte muttered lowly, and then produced a black stamp, placing it before the giant.

"Correct!" The giant spoke, dispersing into many owls that flew away. This acolyte then took out a map and compared it with her surroundings.

"I never thought I would go so far inside. This is a danger zone marked with three bones. Without the strength of an official Magus, it's best to leave as soon as possible."

"Oh my! Such a disgusting smell! Let me guess who's here."

At this point, the acolyte was stopped by a few acolytes who were preparing to leave.

The acolyte in charge was wearing robes that indicated his status and made with exquisite materials. There was a silver necklace around his neck that gave off immense energy waves, which obviously made it a magic artifact.

"Is there even the need to guess? This smell is just as stinky as the sewers. Besides our swine Nyssa, who else could it be?"

The other acolytes immediately burst into laughter.

The acolyte who had spoken walked in front of her and lifted her hood.

Under the hood was an exceptionally ugly face.

The top of the head was bald, and between several of the teeth were gaps. There was also a snout, and a constant stink surrounded this person.

The acolyte who had entered the stronghold was actually from the same place as Leylin and she was his old classmate, Nyssa.

"Lord Lilytell!" Nyssa bowed respectfully, though her expression was stiff.

Due to her appearance, she had been discriminated against and bullied, but most of the acolytes did not think their actions were too excessive.

The acolyte obstructing her way was from the Lilytell family and had a whole gang escorting him. He was exceedingly arrogant and often made fun of her appearance.

"Hn!" The acolyte nodded indifferently, looking aloof and proud.

"Swine Nyssa, this is not a place you should be in. Don't let your bad smell alarm the various Lord Magi here! They are our forefathers!"

The acolyte who had the word 'Lilytell' in his name covered his nostrils, looking at her in disdain.

"I… I'll leave now…" Nyssa hastily retreated.

However, as she was leaving, she accidentally tripped and revealed the red ore in her hand.

"Hm! Wait!" That acolyte immediately stopped her. "What's that in your hand? What is it? Take it out!"

"No! No, it's nothing!" Nyssa kept drawing back and tried her best to hide it, but the panic in her eyes could not be hidden so easily.

"Bitch!"

The acolyte cursed, and suddenly made his move. His entire right hand abruptly became bigger; the flesh bulged bit by bit, and the blue veins were prominent.

Thud!* A punch landed on Nyssa's face, and her entire body was sent flying.

While she was in midair, a red ore fell to the ground, whirling around like a spinning top.

"A Markov Crystal? And it's actually red?" The acolyte of the Lilytell family stared hard at the red ore, joy and greed flashing in his expression.

"That's mi- mine…" Seeing the greed in the acolyte's face, Nyssa's heart sank. However, this ore was extremely important to her since she would need it to advance, so she drummed up her courage and spoke up.

"Darned bitch! Even the skin on her face is so thick!"

The acolyte who had punched her swung his arm. "This crystal was my gains from yesterday. You despicable thief, wretched thief; not only did you steal it, you even dared to claim that it's yours!"

The acolyte waved his arm. "Go! Grab her and send her to the academy's enforcement team to be punished!"

The few acolytes behind him encircled her, their intentions clear.

Nyssa kept stepping backwards, yellow pus flowing from her eyes.

A few acolyte bystanders remained unperturbed as they watched, and even some of the Magi looked on in the same fashion.

That acolyte was from the Lilytell family! They were one of the three big families in Abyssal Bone Forest Academy! Many of the people in that family held important positions in the academy!

Offending them was akin to offending the school.

In addition, the Magi in charge of the stronghold were all people from the Lilytell family. Even if somebody else wanted to help her, there was nothing that could be done.

Besides, Magi were a bunch of practical beings, and this was even more so for dark Magi.

Why would they especially go against the Lilytell family for somebody like Nyssa, an ugly freak like her?

Hence, all they could do was to give a heavy sigh and continue with their work, as if they had seen nothing.

"Hehe! You've been an eyesore for far too long. Just seeing your back spoils my appetite!"

One of the acolytes around her snickered as he grabbed forward with his right hand! A black claw suddenly appeared, scratching towards Nyssa's face.

"I want to smash this disgusting face to bits!"

The acolyte roared, as if at this very moment, a sense of righteousness had possessed him.

"No!" Nyssa blocked her face with her hands.

Bang!* The black claw scratched at her arm, but only a layer of skin broke.

As the product of a failed experiment of an official Magus, Nyssa had gained a resistance to spells that ordinary acolytes did not have. Her strength had also increased, though she had no clue if this was good or bad.

"Damn it!"

The acolytes around her were fuming red as if they had been humiliated. They looked at each other and suddenly attacked as a group.

Fireballs! Ice bolts! Hurricanes! All of these were thrown towards her head.

"Don't- Don't force me!" Nyssa wailed as she ran from the onslaught of magic, hands hugging her head.

"Pu!" Thick green pus sprayed out of her mouth, right into the face of an acolyte opposite her.

"Ah!" The facial muscles of that acolyte fell bit by bit, and he could do little but hold on to his face and roll around on the floor in pain.

At this moment, the spiritual waves belonging to a level 3 acolyte exploded forth from Nyssa.

"You've been hiding your strength, eh?" Seeing the state that his subordinate was in, the acolyte of the Lilytell family could take it no longer.

He walked a few steps forward, a teasing grin on his face. "Once more! Attack me!"

He arrogantly pointed at his face.

Nyssa stepped back in response to his provocation. She was not stupid. If she dared to attack someone of the Lilytell family here, the Magi here would definitely tear her apart.

"Haha… You don't dare to? Then I'm going to make my move!" The acolyte laughed maniacally as he pointed a finger at Nyssa.

"Bind!"

From the silver necklace around his neck, countless silver threads were produced. Layer by layer they extended like a spider web and caught Nyssa inside.

Shua Shua!*

Silver threads inwardly gathered, binding her inside.

Tsss!* Even with the modifications to Nyssa's skin, yellow pus flowed under the tight binding of the silver threads. A look of pain appeared on her face.

"Let's do this together! Kill that bitch!"

Feeling that his reputation had been sullied, this acolyte of the Lilytell family had begun to disregard the rules of the academy, wanting all schoolmates who were present to kill her!

After all, he was a part of the Lilytell family. Even if he did something wrong, the worst punishment he would get was confinement. His family members would definitely rescue him, so what was there to fear?

Seeing herself on the verge of being encircled once more by acolytes with the light from spells flashing in their hands, she could only hang her head sadly.

"Am I going to die here today? Though it's a type of release, dying in such a manner really doesn't sit well with me…" Nyssa thought to herself.

Boom!*

The sound of immense waves from magic resounded.

Nyssa squeezed her eyes shut, but feeling no pain in her head, she raised her head in astonishment.

Her jaw dropped in amazement.

She could see a huge Venom Wyvern hovering around in the sky, above the stronghold's wards.

A black, flaming hand scooped downwards, fierce black flames immediately tearing apart a huge hole in the ward.

"Enemy attack!"

The owls from before appeared once more, turning into the shape of a giant.

"Shoo!"

A young man wearing black robes waved his arm disdainfully.

A huge black fireball fell like a comet.

Boom!*

Innumerable feathers flew, and the giant made from the owls immediately dispersed after a brief contact with the flames. Owl after owl was burnt to ashes, falling from the sky.

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Appearance

"Rain of Fire!"

From atop the Venom Wyvern's back Leylin's gentle voice was heard.

Shortly after, yet another huge black fireball emerged out of nowhere on top of the stronghold, and boom! The fireball exploded, dispersing into black fire droplets that looked like rain, spreading across the entire area.

Sssii!*

An acolyte who had been surrounding Nyssa had brief contact with a fire droplet that brushed by his shoulder, and before he could even make a sound, he had been reduced to a pile of white ash.

"Ru- Run!" The acolyte from the Lilytell family's voice wavered, his fear apparent.

Shua Shua Shua!* The acolytes that had been surrounding Nyssa looked as if they had seen a ghost, evading the fire droplets in the air, terrified.

Tss tss!* A black spark fell on the silver threads that bound Nyssa.

In that instant, this magic artifact was warped out of shape by the black flames and eventually melted into a silver white liquid that dripped to the ground.

Under the onslaught of black fire droplets, large numbers of acolytes were turned to ash without any chance to resist.

The surrounding buildings began to burn furiously, and under the attack of the Rain of Fire, everything instantly turned into a sea of fire.

"It's- It's Leylin!"

Nyssa whispered, but at that moment, she saw a black fire droplet flying towards her.

"Hm?" Leylin looked around mid-air and suddenly noticed a very familiar figure from the corner of his eyes.

"It's Nyssa!" Leylin exclaimed, and under his manipulation, the black fire droplet deviated, brushing past the edges of Nyssa's hair.

"Who dares to attack the territory of the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy?"

Several black human figures dashed out. One of them rapidly chanted a few incantations, and a dome emitting green rays appeared in the sky, blocking the attack of the black fire droplets.

Drip! Drip! Drip!*

Countless black fire droplets splashed onto the dome and began to burn.

The Magus who cast the protection spell immediately cried out in alarm. "The might of this black fire is immense. My spiritual force is being rapidly consumed. Who will help me?"

"Me!" A Magus nearby immediately chanted a few words, and a layer of blue ice extended across the layer of protection.

Green, blue, and black rays of light mixed together soared into the sky and descended, forming a huge tornado.

After the tornado descended.

The two Magi looked pale, and it was evident that they had suffered massively.

However, at this point, nobody bothered with them.

"Black flames that are astoundingly strong! That Venom Wyvern as well! You must be 'Blackfire' Leylin!"

A Magus who seemed to be the leader recognised Leylin.

"What? It's him!" "Leylin!" "That genius who betrayed us?"

All of a sudden, clamours of disbelief broke out from the survivors.

"You… must be Magi from the Lilytell family, right?" Leylin clasped his hands behind his back. "Don't deny it! Even from this distance, I can smell that putrid stench of your bloodline on your bodies!"

"So what?" A silver-haired Magus stood. "You actually dared to kill the sole grandson of our elder. I've already sent him a signal, so just wait here and prepare to be punished!"

"You've told him? Good! That's great!"

Leylin's reaction obviously surprised the silver-haired Magus.

Leylin continued, "Since you've already alerted him, there's no point in keeping any of you alive."

Hearing Leylin's words, the Magi present felt a chill in their hearts, a sense of foreboding became apparent.

"Shadow Domain!" Countless tentacles extended from the shadow under Leylin's feet, spreading across the horizon and completely blocking all the sunlight in the area.

"Be careful!" The Magus leader nearby could only screech, before a black light flashed and a crimson palm went through his chest, digging out a bright red heart that still pumped furiously.

Under the assault of the Crimson Palm, the innate defense spells of these Magi were torn apart like paper.

"He- He killed the leader!"

One of the Magi present looked at Leylin as if they were looking at the devil incarnate, and yelled in despair before running in the opposite direction.

"Lum, come back!" The surrounding Magi shouted, but it was too late.

Within the shadows, Leylin seemed to be a grain of dust that had fused with the gentle wind and floated to Lum's back. A crimson palm went for his head.

Rumble!*

A layer of crimson flames began to burn furiously on Lum, and turned the official Magus into ashes.

Regular rank 1 Magi were as weak as children in front of Leylin. They were easily taken care of.

Zoom!*

Leylin suddenly sensed something and gazed into the distance.

From far away, a silver ray of light was like a sharp sword, heading here in a straight line.

"The main character is here!" Leylin grinned, arms rising as he clenched his fists.

The darkness that had engulfed the entire region was withdrawn into Leylin's palm, turning into a sphere of darkness which hovered in the air. Strong energy waves swept the area, a violent storm surging and bringing up an entire layer of the ground.

"Halt!" The silver-white ray shouted from afar.

Unfortunately, Leylin did not care for the voice and flung out the sphere of darkness.

The sphere of darkness that was full of destructive power approached the remaining Magi soundlessly.

Under their terrified gazes, the black sphere advanced slowly and steadily, their spells and innate defensive spells devoured by the sphere.

A few official Magi were run over by the sphere, leaving behind tracks on the ground.

"I'll kill you!"

Along with the furious growl, the speed of the silver ray increased by a few times, and Leylin could almost see an old man with silver ornaments on his face.

"Time to switch locations!" Leylin gave a light smile and patted Hawke's head.

"Awoo!"

Hawke let out a roar that seemed to be a demonstration of its might, and with a jolt of its wings, it quickly left the area.

Chi!*

In a few seconds, the silver light from afar arrived, revealing the figure of an old man in silver white attire.

The old man gazed at the stronghold, which had been reduced to ruins. His clothes rustled despite the lack of wind, violent metal elemental particles hovered behind him.

"You can't escape! Even if you were to escape to the ends of the earth, I will still find you and kill you!"

Metallic silver white rays flashed, and the old man was gone, leaving behind the echoes of his words.

……

Another ten or so minutes passed.

Crash!* Within the ruins, there was an area with a mound. A bizarre creature that looked like it had been sewn together emerged.

"Was that Leylin just now? I can't believe this! So he's actually became such a powerful official Magus…"

Nyssa gazed in the direction Leylin had left, muttering to herself incessantly.

As Leylin had intentionally directed his attack away, as well as her somewhat strong resistance to magic, she had not gained any major injuries in this terrifying attack save for a few holes in her clothes.

"Official Magus…" An envious glint appeared in Nyssa's eyes.

To be rid of the harm done to her body, she had to raise her strength to the level of an official Magus. Only then would she be able to alter her body and regain her original appearance.

"One day! I will reach that point one day!" Nyssa clenched her fists resolutely.

Rustle!*

At this moment, a large sound was heard from a fallen wooden building nearby. At the bottom of the building, an acolyte could be seen.

Nyssa walked over curiously but was met with the face of the acolyte that belonged to the Lilytell family.

However, compared to Nyssa, this acolyte was very unlucky. Not only an arm and a leg was broken, there was a huge injury in his abdominal area. Even his intestines were spilling out, and all he could do was moan and groan in pain.

"You! Come here!" Upon seeing Nyssa, this acolyte brightened up.

"What is it?" Nyssa gazed at him indifferently.

"A filthy, lowly acolyte like you… still, has a bit of use! Send- Send me to my family, and I'll give you a few items that are barely passable as a reward…"

The acolyte stumbled over his words, looking at Nyssa with disdain, as if letting her touch him was a huge honour.

However, Nyssa was unmoved like a block of wood and stood there without moving.

"You… "The acolyte was flushed red with anger as he pointed at Nyssa, wanting to say something.

Pak!*

With his movement, a red ore fell from his lap, spinning on the ground.

Upon seeing the ore, Nyssa's eyes looked dangerous.

"You! What do you think you're doing?"

The acolyte that had been arrogant beyond belief suddenly felt a hint of danger, a fearful expression flashed past before he tried to sit upright. "Are you trying to attack me? You have to think this—"

Bang!*

Before the acolyte could finish his words, a green corrosive ball landed on his head, eating through most of his head in the next second.

Gazing upon his corpse, Nyssa went forward and retrieved that red ore.

"I merely followed your earlier instructions and focused my attack on your face, young master Lilytell…"

Nyssa had a strange expression on her face. It seemed to be dread, but at the same time, she looked as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders.

……

Leylin stood in the heart of a spacious land filled with broken stones while appearing to be waiting for someone.

The Venom Wyvern Hawke was useless in this level of battle and had been ordered to return.

All of a sudden, Leylin raised his head as if he had sensed something.

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Liquid Metal

A ray of silver white light shot through the heavens like an arrow.

Bang!*

The ray shot towards Leylin's side, knocking aside countless stones.

After the light rays dissipated, an old man in silver white attire was revealed.

This old geezer had a nose that was bent the way an eagle's beak was, and he had a few metallic ornaments dangling from his face. A pair of intelligent, tenacious eyes were fixed on Leylin.

"You're not running anymore?"

The old man spread his right arm and a metallic sphere emerged on his palm as if it was a part of his body.

The silvery white metallic sphere circled the area, and the astoundment on the old man's face was even more obvious. There was even a hint of confusion in his expression.

"No traps or ambushes either? Are you here to die?"

"No! I just want to settle a few things!" Leylin smiled indifferently. His main goal this time around was to collect data, and hence, he had not thought to bring his trump cards, Number 2 and Number 3.

Though Leylin had never seen this old man before, he was able to recognise him at a single glance. This was the Lilytell's family's great elder, and the grandfather of the acolyte Bosain, who had died by Leylin's hands.

Previously, at a small town by the Great Canyon Margaret, this old geezer had operated a clone and had it chase after him. In that battle, this man's face had appeared on its chest.

"By the way, it's already been so long, but I have yet to know your name…"

Leylin smiled gently.

The old geezer looked closely at Leylin. "With your power, you meet the qualifications to know my name. Marb Lilytell! Remember it well, because this is the name of the person who will send you to hell!"

After he spoke, a circle of silver white light was emitted from Marb's body.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

Countless metal spikes emerged from the ground, constantly extending before converging in mid-air, and forming a cage that locked Leylin and Marb within.

"Metallic Battle Prison!" Marb quickly made a few hand signs.

After seeing a bit of Leylin's strength, Marb had acknowledged Leylin as a proper opponent. His current move was to prevent Leylin from escaping.

Ding!*

A halo of silvery white metallic elemental particles radiated from Marb's body, evidently much denser than what could be produced by a semi-converted magus. It resembled closely to a sphere and covered Marb's entire body.

His elemental essence conversion had reached at least 80%, and with spells such as this that increased his performance, his strength was effectively doubled!

Xiu Xiu!*

From the surface of the metallic prison, bursts of light circulated, and little, white, barbed spikes suddenly emerged. The hooks on the spikes glinted with a menacing light that caused one's heart to palpitate and break out in cold sweat.

The innumerable spokes were like sharp arrows, making loud whooshing sounds as they shot all around, blocking any routes that Leylin could take to dodge them.

Light from magic could be seen on the surfaces of the spikes as well. This was obviously a support spell that had been added to keep the spokes sharp and strong.

With this degree of attack, a regular newly-advanced Magus would be turned into a porcupine!

However, Leylin made no attempt to dodge.

Rumble!*

From his body, a ring of black flames suddenly emerged.

The flames were like a liquid, covering his entire body and giving him a layer of black armour. An immense wave of hot air spread through the prison, and even Marb, who was far away, could not help but furrow his brows.

Pu pu!*

As the silver white spikes approached the flames, they flickered and appeared to be melting.

By the time they actually met with Leylin's latent flames, the silver white spikes made little sounds and were melted into small silvery-white metallic balls.

Clatter!*

The sounds of pearls dropping were heard, and as these metallic balls struck the dark red protective layer behind the flames, they produced clear sounds and promptly lost all kinetic energy, before falling to the ground and rolling in all directions.

At the sight of this, Marb's expression became serious, and there was even a hint of vigilance on his face!

"Your rate of improvement far exceeded my expectations! I'm now slightly regretful. Back then, I should have dispatched a few more clones and eliminated you."

Leylin's strength had been tested by Marb's clone back then. Though he was quite strong, Leylin merely had the strength of a semi-converted Magus. If not for the fact that Marb had sent out merely a single clone, and Leylin's spells had been too mysterious and astonishing, Marb believed that Leylin would not have been able to escape!

Now, however, the strength that his opponent now displayed was close to that of a peak rank 1 Magus!

What was more terrifying was that it had only been two to three years since he had last seen Leylin! A rank 1 Magus would typically still be considered newly-advanced at that point.

"He definitely should not be allowed to live any longer. If not, our Lilytell family will have ourselves a terrifyingly powerful enemy…"

Marb came up with this conclusion.

Having made this decision, his desire for Leylin's blood became more intense, and his two eyes turned into a silvery white colour as if they were made of silver.

"Liquid Metal!" Marb muttered under his breath.

Immediately after, rows of complicated metal elemental runes lit up on several places on his body, and a ring of silver light was emitted from within his clothes.

A layer of silvery-white liquid metal suddenly oozed out of the pores of his body, quickly covering his skin and transforming him into solid, reflective, silvery-white, metallic human figure.

Liquid metal constantly collected in his right hand, first turning into a ball, and then constantly lengthening until it turned into a lance-like weapon.

"This sort of thing?" Leylin's eyes flashed, suddenly thinking back to the mysterious magic artifact that emanated silvery light. That metallic ball that could change into different shapes had left a very deep impression on him.

Unfortunately, Leylin had left the artifact in the Dylan Gardens to avoid trouble. It had already been completely destroyed along with the secret plane.

From the looks of it, that metallic ball was a magic artifact that Marb had invented.

"Kill!"

Marb turned into a silver hurricane, which headed straight for Leylin.

"Interesting! A Magus that specialises in close combat?" Leylin was extremely interested, and he quickly activated his innate defensive spell, Kemoyin's Scales.

Bang! Bang! Bang!*

Black and silver figures rammed into each other, and the resulting shockwave caused a layer of the ground to lift. The surrounding animals—snakes, worms, mice, and ants, as well as other bizarre creatures—seemed to sense an imminent catastrophe, and quickly escaped, hoping to be as far away as possible.

The crimson rays from Leylin's Fallen Star Pendant turned into a crossblade to fend off Marb's silver lance. Sparks emerged as they battled.

After a few rounds, Leylin's expression became more serious.

This Marb had obviously remodelled his own body. Whether it was his strength or speed, both were very strong. On top of that, he was skilled in methods to kill opponents, and coupled with his metallic elemental talent, he was practically a refined killing machine!

Ding!* The crimson crossblade met with the lance once again, producing a crisp sound and constant strong gales. The greenery around them was continuously being blown about.

Pu!*

At this moment, Marb suddenly had a look on his face that indicated he had succeeded in some kind of plot.

The sharp, pointed end of the silver-white lance instantly became flexible, and like a snake twisting its body, it bent and thrust, piercing towards Leylin's body.

Tss tss!* Leylin's winced a little as several black scales chipped off.

"Battle Mode!" Seeing that his attack had been effective, Marb looked even more crazed as he yelled.

Next, dense needles emerged on his silvery white body, and his weapon also underwent some changes.

Broadsword! Crossblade! Battleaxe! Maul!

All kinds of weapons appeared in Marb's hands. On the surface of the blades, there were also strong energy waves that indicated the use of magic. It was definitely enough to pierce through Leylin's defense and cause tremendous damage.

"In terms of close combat, even with the aid of the A.I. Chip, I'm not at an advantage!" Leylin pondered.

Xiu Xiu Xiu!*

Countless tendrils of shadow encircled Marb and tightened.

At the same time, Leylin hastily retreated and raised his arm, several black fireballs appearing above his palm.

"Latent fireball!"

The black fireballs fused and increased in size, and then flew towards Marb.

"How can this level of attack affect me? How naive!"

From within the constraints of the shadow tendrils, Marb's disdainful tone could be heard.

Tu! Tu! Tu!*

From the surface of Marb's body, silver liquid metal kept oozing out and turning into countless sharp blades. Like gears, they revolved quickly and brought about a fierce, merciless wind.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

The black tendrils touched the revolving blades and emitted a few sounds. They fell to the ground in several pieces, transforming into a gaseous state and dispersing.

"Hah!" The weapon in Marb's hand turned into a giant silver sword.

With both hands on the handle, a ring of metallic elemental particles poured into the sword and gave it a sheen of light.

"Metallic Destruction!" Marb viciously swung forward!

Ka-cha!* As the blade was brought down, the front half of the metallic sword suddenly detached and advanced towards the black fireball.

The silvery white tip of the blade kept changing forms in midair, before eventually transforming into a white lion head.

"Roar!"

The lion head opened its mouth wide and produced an earth-shattering howl as it faced the latent fireball.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

The surroundings around them seemed to be frozen in place, and even the air ceased to circulate.

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Metal And Gravity

Rumble!*

The world seemed to stop at this second.

A few seconds later, the surroundings returned to normal.

The situation just now was as if a movie was being been screened, but had suddenly malfunctioned.

Next, a strong energy storm spread out in all directions.

In the centre of the energy storm, black flames and silvery white rays of light constantly battled, engulfing each other.

Creak…*

At the boundaries of the battle, where Marb had set up the metallic prison, the cage constantly creaked in protest of their intense fight.

Minutes later, the frightening energy storm dissipated.

Marb did not have a single injury on him, and even his hair was untouched. He stared straight in Leylin's direction, grabbing at him with a single hand, "Lad! Come here!"

Leylin's body moved sluggishly, and this was enough time for several silver chains to lock him into place, and make his body involuntarily fly towards Marb.

"Die!"

Marb charged forward furiously, the spikes and blades attacking like the rain, with each spike and blade carrying a large amount of energy. Just being hit by one would cause a regular rank 1 Magus serious injuries.

"Fallen Star Pendant!"

Leylin bellowed, and the black scales and dark red light fused together, forming a ring of unusual light.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!* His muscles swelled, and he broke the chains binding him using his brute strength.

Ding ding! Ding ding!*

Silver flying needles and blades fell upon this layer of light and were then repelled, producing sparks and crisp sounds.

"Is this all you have? You disappoint me!"

Leylin looked to be quite disappointed, and moments later, his eyes turned amber!

"If that's the most you can do, then I give my apologies. You're the one dying here today!"

In a flash, a strange light emitted from Leylin's eyes and headed straight into Marb's eyes.

The innate spell—Eyes of Petrification!

Marb's charging form suddenly became sluggish, and a layer of ashen stone skin spread, beginning from the corners of his eyes.

Weng Weng!*

A burst of white light was produced by a talisman around Marb's neck.

Under the milky white shine, the stone skin on his face came loose bit by bit.

"A talisman meant to counter against petrification? It's quite effective. It must have been difficult to obtain!"

Leylin's expression did not change as he came up to Marb in a few breaths.

The first time he had been chased after by Marb's clone, Leylin had revealed his petrification abilities. That was how he had turned the tables on the clone, but in the process, he had also exposed his ability to petrify his opponents.

As his archenemy, how could Marb not make preparations against that?

However, even in ancient times, petrification was a lesser known spell. In the south coast, it was practically extinct. Talismans that could be used to negate it were scarce, and most could only be found in ancient ruins.

Leylin was a little surprised at Marb's ability to find one so quickly.

However, even if Marb had a talisman, how could it be that effective against the petrification methods of an ancient creature such as the Giant Serpent Kemoyin?

Though Marb had dispelled the petrification, he had still been slowed.

Shua!* Black light flashed, and in that instant, Leylin was already in front of Marb, his amber eyes meeting Marb's.

"Die!"

The crimson light produced by the Fallen Star Pendant solidified into a giant axe. However, Leylin did not seem to be satisfied and pointed at the weapon.

Shik!*

Immense black flames engulfed the axe.

"Hah!" Leylin shouted, and large numbers of shadows emerged from behind him, and converged onto his body.

From the shadows, Leylin's tall figure suddenly shot up, and he transformed into a three metre tall giant with tanned skin.

"Aooooo!"

The giant roared, the muscles on his arm bulging, and showing the dark red, earthworm-like veins on his body.

Like a deity from legends, the giant held the large axe and swung, aiming for Marb's neck!

Chi!* Before the hatchet connected, the unimaginable sharpness of the heat waves and gales produced from the swing had already destroyed the defensive layer of liquid metal on his neck.

Ka-cha!*

The fiery, black axe cut through Marb's neck, and it looked as if his head was going to fall off. The black flames extended throughout his body in an instant.

Marb's expression was blank as he collapsed.

"Hm?" Leylin was in a daze. This was much too easy, but even official Magi would not live if their heads were chopped off!

[Beep! Danger! Detecting target still giving out energy waves!] The A.I. Chip sounded at this moment.

Immediately after, a ray of snow white light appeared in front of Leylin.

"This is bad!" All Leylin could do was to try his best to dodge, and protect the most important parts of his body.

Puchi!* A silvery white longsword that was giving off milky white light pierced into Leylin's lower abdomen.

"Scram!"

Both of Leylin's hands turned crimson, and blood coloured flames blazed as he clawed down!

"Crimson Palm!"

At the same time, he retreated without even glancing at Marb.

After he managed to create some distance between them, Leylin covered the injury on his abdomen while looking at Marb in shock.

At this moment, Marb had turned into a white metallic humanoid. His head, which was tilted, was loosely connected to his neck by a tiny amount of skin. His body was still burning with black flames, yet it was as though he didn't feel a thing as he quietly stood there. The sword that was held by Marb was also dripping with Leylin's blood.

At the point of Marb's neck where he had chopped, Leylin could see that the surface of the open wound was now all metallic, where there was no likeness to a human's flesh and blood at all.

"To think that not only did he have his outer appearance protected by the liquid metal, even his internals had completed turned into metal…"

Leylin's heart sank.

"Hahah…" Marb, whose head was dangling, laughed wildly. "Bet you'd never thought of this huh? Ninety-odd years ago, I had already completely fused my body with a metallic creature, so now, I don't have a single weak point on my body. Injuries in places that would be fatal to other regular Magi are just scratches to me…"

"How pathetic!"

Leylin looked at the somewhat crazed Marb with a pitiful look on his face.

Although there were benefits to fusing with an elemental creature, by doing so, one would lose their sense of touch.

When one's flesh and skin turned into metal, he would not be able to enjoy the sense of touch anymore.

Wasn't real reason for a Magus to pursue the truth and climb to the top, to control his fate and fulfill his desires, enjoying life to the fullest?

But now, for the sake of power, Marb had actually forsaken such a thing. So then, what more was the meaning of his pursuit?

"The pathetic one is you!"

Evidently, Leylin's look of pity had deeply triggered Marb and his deranged expression grew even more intense.

Suddenly, a brownish yellow light flickered on Marb's body. The silver liquid metal protruded outward, transforming into a tiny spell formation.

"Gravity spell formation!" After having been inflicted damage several times by Leylin, Marb finally revealed the trump card that he had been holding back!

Weng!*

In an instant, a huge amount of brownish yellow light began to emanate from him.

"This is… Gravity?!" Suddenly, Leylin felt his body turned heavy as if it was being crushed by a large mountain. As it happened, Leylin recalled something.

Around him, the gravitational force multiplied in an instant. Not only was movement difficult, Leylin's face darkened due to the fact that even his internal organs had suffered from the gravitational pull to the point that pain had spread from his insides.

"Not good; although my defense on the outside is strong, it's a completely different story for my insides! If this goes on and he activates a one hundred times multiplier, my body will most likely be obliterated…"

Leylin's face was extremely unsightly at this point in time.

Marb, who had a body made of metal, would not suffer any hindrances to his brain or organs.

"Hahaha… Once more! Times ten!"

Marb shouted, and the brownish yellow light flashed even brighter.

Leylin's feet sank, and the injury to his abdomen, which had undergone hemostasis, started to bleed profusely again due to the gravitational pull.

"Hahaha… Come on!"

Marb dashed right in front of Leylin and brandished his sword, yet Leylin could only feebly raise his right hand to deflect the blow.

Bang!*

The scales on his arm were crushed and shattered, and Leylin was sent flying backwards like a cannonball.

"Not enough! Still not enough! Times twenty!" Marb pierced the ground with both of his hands.

In an instant, Leylin felt as if the gravitational force had increased once more. If he had felt the weight of a mountain crushing him before, now, it was the weight of three mountains!

Boom!*

A huge crater was created on the ground the moment Leylin's body landed.

"Go to hell!" Marb's right hand turned into a giant silver hammer.

"Urgh! You actually restored the ancient gravity spell formation!"

Leylin laid on his back as he smiled with a hint of admiration, "Not bad indeed!"

This expression gave Marb a sudden yet very uneasy premonition.

"You're already going to die. What are you trying to act so tough for?" Marb hammered down viciously.

"Suction spell formation! Activate!"

Under the shadow of the large hammer, Leylin rapidly chanted a few syllables.

Weng!*

A reversed 'j'-shaped rune suddenly appeared on Leylin's body.

In a flash, Leylin seemed to be pulled back by a huge force and flew away from under the giant hammer, and into a distant place.

"Trying to escape? Times thirty…"

Watching Leylin's retreating figure, the brownish yellow light on Marb's body increased in brightness once more.

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Undo

"Times thirty…"

Marb bellowed in frustration.

The brownish yellow spell formation flashed, and then exploded!

The layers of silver metal on his body fell to the ground, turning into round, silvery white pieces.

"Damn it… My body can't take it anymore…"

Marb half knelt on the ground, a stubborn look on his face as he looked in the direction that Leylin had escaped.

The gravitational spell formation had taken a lot out of him. With his strength as a' peak rank 1 Magus, he could increase the gravitational force up to 20 times the normal amount.

……

A long distance away from the battlefield, inside a secret cave.

A spell formation emitting light constantly drew in and expelled air, as if trying to suck something in. On top of the spell formation, there was a constantly flashing reversed "L" shaped rune.

Beside the spell formation, two knights in black heavy armour nervously stood guard.

Boom!*

The light from the suction spell formation suddenly became brighter.

In the blink of an eye, a black figure charged inside with a speed that one could not see with the naked eye, and smashed into the centre of the spell formation, producing a loud sound.

Dust flew everywhere, and the spell formation was completely destroyed, leaving a large pit on the ground.

"Pu!"

Leylin mustered up strength and sat up, spitting out another mouthful of blood. At the same time, intense pain flared up from all parts of his body, as if he had been ripped apart.

The strong suction power of this spell had allowed Leylin to escape, but it had also caused his injuries to worsen.

"It's still not possible for me to battle with a peak rank 1 Magus. Everyone has their own trump cards…"

Leylin smiled wryly.

"Master!" Number 2 and 3 immediately knelt and greeted him.

"Hn! We need to leave here as soon as possible!"

Leylin looked left and right before commanding his subordinates.

He was currently seriously injured, and had no battle power to speak of whatsoever. No matter if he met enemies or people from his faction, it would still be very dangerous.

The good thing was that in this period of time, he had already set up a few hideouts in the region that were only known to his two spirit bound slaves. They were the safest places that he could be in.

Leylin wasn't planning on appearing in front of anyone before recovering from his injuries.

With the support of Number 2 and Number 3, Leylin quickly left the area.

"Although I suffered massive injuries, I still garnered some profits! At the very least, Marb's two trump cards, his metal body and gravitational spell, have been revealed to me."

This kind of knowledge regarding a peak rank 1 Magus was very difficult to obtain.

Leylin had gathered some information through the Thousand Meddling Hands and the Four Seasons Garden, but things like trump cards were not mentioned in the reports from these two organisations.

Perhaps, this might have been due to his status being too low and him lacking in power.

"A.I. Chip! Have you recorded all the previous data?" Leylin asked.

[Marb's general data has been recorded. Beginning generation of stats!] The A.I. Chip's robotic voice resounded in Leylin's ear, and immediately after, a blue light flashed in front of him, producing a virtual screen.

[Marb Lilytell. Peak Rank 1 Magus. Estimated Strength: 10.7. Agility: 9.5. Vitality: 23. Spiritual Force: 79. Magic Power: 79 (Magic Power is in synchronisation with Spiritual Force). Elemental essence conversion type: Metal. Progress: 78% – 85%.

[Special techniques: 1. Metallic Life: After fusing with a lifeform that is purely metallic, all fatal attacks are ineffective. Vitality increases, and damage increased when using metal magic. As a side effect, loss of sense of touch. 2. Gravitational Spell Formation: Discovered gravitational runes related to gravity spell formation. Estimated completion of spell: 56%. Information recorded! Able to achieve between 2 and 25 times normal gravity over an area of 100 metres when used as an attack. Estimated strongest might: 29 times normal gravity!]

After this battle, Marb's basic stats had been calculated.

This meant that the next time they fought, if Leylin took countermeasures towards his attacks, the chances of Marb dying by Leylin's hand would be more than 50%.

This was an advantage based on the information the data had given him. Leylin's eyes flashed. "A.I. Chip! Construct human model and simulate the best ways to kill him. Factor in Number 2 and Number 3 as well."

In an instant, scenes of battles appeared in Leylin's mind.

About ten minutes later, the A.I. Chip's reply sounded.

[Based on the newest data recorded, result: Death of target! Death of Number 2, massive injuries inflicted on Number 3, host body with light injuries.]

Seeing what the A.I. Chip had planned, a thin smile appeared on his face. "Marb! The next time we meet will be the day you die…"

……

Outside the Eternal River Plains' secret plane, inside the inverted castle.

Within a room that was as cold as an ice storehouse, with several large chunks of ice strewn about.

Hyder was wearing a pair of thick, heavy spectacles as he stared fixedly at a beaker with liquid boiling inside.

"The hair of a female goblin, the toenail of a subterranean lizard, and also… the silk sac of a Dulok spider…"

His incantation was unclear, yet both his hands were as precise as a machine as he continuously tossed the items into the beaker.

"Woman of the Deep Red, grace us with your presence!"

After the ingredients had completely fused within the beaker, Hyder raised up and opened his hands towards the sky, and chanted in a very bizarre incantation as if conducting a sacrificial rite.

……

Weng…*

The ground began to tremble, and the stench of blood began to permeate the tiny room.

In an instant, Hyder seemed to have seen a deep, crimson sea surging towards him.

In an instant, the blood coloured sea converged into the figure of a gorgeous woman that strangely had no face.

Her ethereal body floated ever so beautifully in midair.

"….!" Hyder chanted the final stream of the incantation, which was extremely tongue twisting. The accent was extremely difficult to understand as well; it was filled with a primordial and barbaric aura.

"Chikchik…" After listening to Hyder, the woman finally spoke. Her voice sounded like the chirps of a little bird, yet, at the same time, it strangely sounded like the flapping of insect wings.

"Hurry! Bring it forward!" Hyder said to the old lady behind him.

The old lady clapped her hands, and two black robed servants entered with a dozen feeble, trembling humans who had their heads covered by a black sack.

"Chikchik!" The woman in midair chirped in excitement as she immediately began to stretch her body forward.

Pu!* *Pu!*Pu!*

Countless large wounds split open on the bodies of these captives, from which blood gushed out like a fountain.

As if seeing the plague, the two servants quickly retreated.

Gloook!*

The blood formed a tiny tendril of steam as it floated through the air towards the woman.

A moment later, there were no longer any traces of blood on the ground. As for the woman, the colour red was even more vibrant on her body now.

After accepting the sacrifices, the woman nodded her faceless head and transformed into the shape of a flask.

Drip-Drop!*

A tiny droplet of crimson liquid dripped from the flask directly into the beaker.

Ka-Cha!*

After the liquid entered the beaker, a flame emerged from within the beaker and engulfed it. As the flames blazed, the sound of wailing spirits occasionally sounded from within.

As the flames continued to burn, the woman disappeared without a trace.

Whether it was Hyder or the old lady, no one knew how she had left.

"How is it?" The old lady's gaze was fixed on the flame, which was spreading, and she put on an expression that could make one feel anxious.

Beneath the gleam of the flames, which reflected off of the old lady's face, there was an intimidating look.

"This is the most feasible method that I could come up with after many experiments. Moreover through a sacrificial rite, I borrowed the power of a trace of blood from an evil spirit… Towards this curse, it should be the best remedy!"

Hyder looked at the subsiding flames, and his expression was extremely calm, his eyes showing signs of wisdom.

"I hope that is so! Jenna's curse is nearing complete activation, so time is pressing…" The old lady muttered.

Hearing this, a peculiar expression could be seen in Hyder's eyes.

Although Jenna was the one who had inherited the innate talent of prophecy, Manla was also a relative of theirs. From the perspective of a light Magus, this was somewhat going overboard.

However, Hyder concealed his opinion well, not letting the old lady discover it.

Bang!*

Several minutes later, the red flames completely died out, revealing a strange, congealed item in the beaker.

It was an amorphous item, like a large lump of jelly, and was even squirming.

"It's a success!" A smile surfaced on Hyder's face.

Following which, his expression turned solemn as he said the old lady, "Madame, although this method of removal has a very high success rate, the curse is an extremely troublesome thing. Some dark Magi also like to add various disgusting and poisonous elements inside, and if they are not treated properly, things could very well become disastrous. Hence, if… what I'm saying is that if there is a possibility, it would still be better to have a chat with the Magus who laid this curse…"

"No need for that! My family will never be threatened by someone else! Fate is watching over us!" The old lady vehemently rejected the notion, and Hyder could only smile wryly in return.

Due to the possibility of a chain reaction from the activation of the curse, during treatment, Jenna and Manla were held very far apart in their locations.

Hyder wore white robes with many runes occasionally blinking on it.

At this moment, he held onto a container with one hand, which contained the soft body within.

Hyder looked at Manla, who was lying unconscious on the experiment table,and finally gave one last glance at the old lady.

She nodded expressionlessly.

Seeing this, Hyder sighed on the inside, and his face turned serious, "Then, I will begin…"

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"I wish you luck!"

Hyder looked at Manla as he prayed for him. He then picked up a gleaming silver scalpel and lightly cut the arm which had the curse.

"Sssii!"

The black curse runes came to life and continuously twisted, forming a tiny black snake that hissed with its forked tongue.

Black gas immediately surrounded Manla's body, which was covered in bulging veins.

The huge bloke broke out in cold sweat and gritted his teeth unconsciously, the agony on his face apparent.

"The first light in this world! Listen to my summons and lend me your strength to dispel this darkness…"

Hyder's lips moved quickly as he rapidly chanted an incantation.

Weng Weng!*

In the surroundings of the operating table, countless rays of light suddenly appeared and flew above Manla as they converged into a rune.

Unadulterated, without a trace of any impurities! It was as if the light that first set upon this world had appeared inside the rune.

This milky white light shone on Manla's body.

Chi Chi!* Manla's body suddenly arched as he clenched his fists.

At the same time, a seemingly endless amount of black gas was emitted from the pores throughout his body.

All of this gas was very quickly purified by the light.

Hyder looked at the black lines on Manla's body as sweat rolled down the side of his cheek.

His immense spiritual force had now turned into an extremely concentrated and tiny one which continuously scanned Manla's body and took note of its current state. He also had to guide the light in the cleansing process.

This was a task that required extreme precision. If he made a single mistake, the curse on Manla's body would fully activate.

It was very evident that this put a huge strain on Hyder.

In only a dozen minutes, this old geezer began to pant heavily as his energy began to drop.

However, it was at a time like this that the stability of Hyder's hands was even more pronounced. Just like a robot, his movements were fluid and without the the slightest mistake.

Finally, under the pressing attack from the light rays, the cursed runes made of darkness were continuously pushed back until they retreated back into the original wound.

The light rays formed a halo outside the wound and confined it to a small surface area on the flesh.

"Hu…" Hyder exhaled deeply as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"I have already confined the curse to one area. Right now, this extraction process is the most crucial…"

Hyder held the container which contained the jelly-like body as if it was some sort of precious treasure.

Following which, he placed the container close to where the wound on Manla's arm was.

"Come forth, my darling!" A strange expression now appeared on Manla's face as he spoke in a tone that could induce dizziness.

"Sssii…"

The runes on Manla's arm writhed and once again turned into the shape of a tiny black snake.

It spat its tongue and, as if it had discovered something, it turned and faced the jelly-like body.

"Chi Chi…" After seeing the small snake, the jelly-like creature, which seemed to have no consciousness, began to shrink its body.

However, this movement attracted the tiny snake and it slithered towards the jelly-like body.

Seeing the small snake closing in, Hyder held on to his breath, as if afraid that his breathing would scare the snake away.

The black snake hesitantly circled the area where the wound was in. It then turned around and slithered away without a second thought!

Just when the old madame thought that it was a failure, the tiny black snake which had turned around coiled its body and darted right into the wound as fast as lightning, jumping on top of the jelly-like creature.

It swallowed the jelly-like body down in a gulp and began to retreat rapidly.

"You want to run?"

Hyder had the last laugh as he grabbed a pair of tweezers with his right hand and reached forward.

The tweezers travelled in a beautiful arc through the air and landed right in front of the tiny black snake and blocked it.

Following which, the tweezers clamped together and held onto the middle of the snake's body.

"Hissss…." The snake hissed as it writhed its body continuously.

Hyder's face was extremely solemn as he knew how much of a calamity would be created if the abomination in his hands were to escape.

Bringing forward a vulcanised test-tube that was covered in runes with his left hand, he tossed the black snake within and plugged the hole.

The runes flashed and sealed the test-tube tightly. Only after looking at this scene did Hyder allow himself a sigh of relief.

"Mister Hyder, is it a success?"

The old lady stepped forward and was extremely excited as she saw that the cursed runes on Manla's arm had completely vanished.

"Of course! It is done, I have not disgraced my art!" Hyder smiled in an aloof manner.

He had no confidence prior to his attempts to remove this curse. However, in the period of his experiments, this curse had allowed him to greatly improve his Potioneering and healing skills.

"Great! As I was saying, how can we bow down to that dark Magus?"

"Fate is forever on our side!" A light of reverence appeared on the old lady's face, as if the sun had shone on her.

Hyder, who could not withstand this light, closed his eyes and retreated a few steps.

Pa!*

At this moment, a very crisp clap sounded from Manla's body and a mysterious black gas once again appeared.

"What is happening?" The old witch was now like a duck which had its neck grasped, her voice hoarse as she asked.

"Damn it, a second curse! It's actually a model composed of a combination of curses!!!"

Regret and shame now flashed across Hyder's face.

At the same time, a huge amount of black gas formed into many tiny black snakes as the dense smog engulfed Manla within.

Chik Chik…* From within the black smog, a harrowing sound could be heard.

Seconds later, the black smog dispersed and revealed a blackened skeleton which sat quietly before the experiment table.

This turn of events was extremely quick and even Hyder had no time to react.

"Seriously…"

Hyder could only smile wryly and opened his mouth to say something.

Crack!*

The sound of glass shattering could be heard. As if recalling something, Hyder hurriedly tossed the test-tube in his hands away.

Alas, it was all too late!

A black mist that was crackling with lightning exploded on his hands.

A bright layer of light immediately appeared on Hyder's robes that repelled the black mist.

After everything had calmed down, Hyder looked at his already blackened left hand and looked extremely resigned.

……

"Hmm?" Leylin, who was recuperating in a hidden location, suddenly opened his eyes, revealing a ponderous expression.

"These energy waves… It seems like one of my curses has already activated a reunison effect… Oh! It should be that bloke Manla who is now dead…"

"I'm quite curious about the effects of the hidden mechanism I placed on the curse." Leylin grinned.

Not only did he place a complex curse on both of them, but he also left behind many concealed mechanisms. The poisonous elements and malice hidden within was enough to let the Magus who was healing them to suffer greatly. If the healer was not careful, he might even lose his life!

Leylin was confident that after witnessing the prowess of his curse, the family behind Jenna would have no choice but to bow their heads down to him.

Even if he was not certain of the unique meditation technique this family possessed, one could easily tell that a Magus who was able to predict the future held an extremely high position!

As such, he had many things that he wanted from that family.

However, Leylin only toyed with the idea for a while before tossing it to the back of his mind. Right now, he was stark naked as he rested his chiselled body in a stone pool.

In the centre of the pool, there was a deep green fluid emitting the scent of plants and an enormous lifeforce which continuously healed Leylin's injuries.

This was the healing solution that Leylin had brewed before. Not only were many healing potions combined in it, but the Fantasy Water that he procured before in this location was also one of the main ingredients.

Through the translucent liquid, one could see that Leylin's abdominal injury had now fully recovered, only leaving behind a tiny pink scar which was rapidly fading away.

This speed had already somewhat exceeded Leylin's expectations.

"No! This isn't the effect of the healing solution, but the bloodline of the Giant Kemoyin Serpent…" Light flashed past as Leylin shut both his eyes.

A massive amount of spiritual force turned into tiny threads that filled his body.

Through his observation with the spiritual force, he could distinctly feel that various areas on his body had begun to erupt with a mysterious energy which continued to replenish and heal his injuries.

These energies were dark red in colour with an ancient aura. With its help, Leylin's body rapidly began to heal.

"Not only this!"

Leylin reached forward with his right hand and clenched his fist tightly.

Ka-Cha!* A huge explosion sounded in the air, as if something was ripped into shreds.

"I can feel that during my recuperation, the bloodline of the Giant Kemoyin Serpent is slowly strengthening the properties of my body!"

The abyss seen in Leylin's eyes became even darker.

"This… The second transition of the bloodline, it's here!"

The severe injuries he sustained seemed to have hastened the progress of the second transition in his body. The Giant Kemoyin Serpent bloodline in Leylin's body continuously surged and many mysterious energies began to be released, fusing with Leylin on a more profound level.

[Detected that the Host's properties are currently being strengthened! A transition in the Giant Kemoyin Serpent is ongoing! The second transition will commence in ten seconds!]

The A.I. Chip's voice intoned.

Hisssss…*

A layer of fine black scales covered Leylin's body in a flash. He had actually unknowingly activated his innate spell.

Under the flicker of the black light, the scales were strengthened. Even Leylin's eyes had become an amber colour with vertical pupils.

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Transition

"Number 2! Number 3!"

Leylin shouted.

"Master!" Two Branded Swordsmen wearing heavy armour immediately came and knelt down in front of Leylin.

"I'm activating all concealment and defence spell formations. You are to stand guard outside and not let any living being come inside."

Leylin instructed. The two spirit-branded slaves nodded, keeping a strict vigil outside.

These two Branded Swordsmen were controlled by Leylin through spirit branding. Even if asked to die, they would do so with no qualms and were the best people to guard Leylin.

[Counting down: 8, 7, 6…] The A.I. Chip's voice became softer.

All that Leylin needed to do now was to snap his fingers, and a ring of a spell formation suddenly emerged from his surroundings, protecting the area.

After doing all this, Leylin closed his eyes and submerged himself in the green liquid.

……

Time flowed by.

Ten days later, in this little cave, in the middle of the spell formation, dense Dark elemental energy particles were mixed with flaming-red Fire elemental energy particles and they filled the entire pool.

These elemental energy particles were so dense that they were immediately apparent in the external world; different colours were visible on the rock wall around him due to the reflection of light on these elemental particles.

At the heart of the elemental energy particles, black and red vapour converged, seemingly about to crystallize.

In the pool, the original green liquid had completely disappeared, revealing a dried up bottom.

A large black cocoon lay still at the centre of the bottom of the pool, constantly expanding and then shrinking back, just as if it was breathing.

While the black cocoon was 'breathing', the Dark and Fire elemental energy particles were continuously being pulled inside it with each 'inhalation'.

The black light became increasingly thin, till at the end, the hint of a perfect human figure could be seen.

"Tsss!"

A long hissing sound was produced from within the cocoon.

Shortly after, a huge gale engulfed the cave.

The Dark and Fire elemental energy particles in the air seemed to have come across a black hole, and were dragged into the heart of the black cocoon.

The black light around the cocoon became weaker, and then completely dissipated.

"Hm?" Leylin blinked his eyes open.

The moment he had completely awakened, he could feel as if there was a layer of something sticky on his body, and it was very uncomfortable.

He lifted his right arm, and a layer of skin that was the colour of his skin peeled off like withered tree bark.

"What's this? Is this like imitating the molting of the snake species?"

Leylin was a little speechless and quickly tore off the dead skin.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

He efficiently removed the layer of dead skin covering his body. On the layer of the dead skin, there were even scaly resemblances similar to that of a snake's skin.

Leylin placed the skin aside and reassessed his body.

Currently, there were no signs of injuries on his body. All his wounds had recovered, and his mental state was brimming with vitality. In general, his condition was great and better than before.

Leylin stared at his hands.

His palms were now even whiter and exquisite, and the pores seemed to have disappeared — it was like the skin of a newborn baby!

However, Leylin could clearly sense that a hidden and monstrous power was flowing through his arms..

Ba-dump! Ba-dump!*

His heart was pounding strongly, circulating blood and other nutritious substances all around his body. While his heart beat, Leylin could almost feel his body becoming stronger bit by bit.

Though this was very slight, with the passing of time, the strength held in his body would be terrifying!

"My body's vitality has already become so powerful, but what about my spiritual force?"

Leylin closed his eyes and began to feel the elemental energy particles in his sea of consciousness.

In the sea of consciousness, the red rays were even more prominent, and the silvery-white threads of spiritual force were spiralling, seemingly very steady.

"The total amount of spiritual force actually increased so much?"

Leylin transferred a bit of the silver spiritual force to the external world.

While maneuvering the spiritual force, he could feel himself extremely comfortable with this process. His body had adapted to the rapid increase in his spiritual force, and Leylin also knew that after this miraculous transformation, his spiritual force was slightly able to solidify. Within rank 1 Magi, the quality of his spiritual force was definitely one of the best.

After he had made a thread of silver spiritual force probe out of his body, an astonishing scene appeared.

Blackness! Numerous black lights appeared in the sky like fireflies, rushing towards Leylin's spiritual force and clinging onto it.

Leylin had never felt so comfortable in his life.

Even without the use of the A.I. Chip, Leylin knew that the level of his elemental essence conversion had already reached a very high amount.

"I was wrong! I got it all wrong!"

Leylin was dazed for a second, and then laughed wryly.

"The Giant Kemoyin Serpent was originally the child of the shadows, and the elemental essence conversion is just child's play for it. Rather than exploring the strength of my bloodline, I persistently tried to use crystallised Dark elemental energy particles to break through the bottleneck. How stupid…"

Fortunately, it was not too late. Using crystallised elemental energy particles only delayed Leylin's second bloodline transition.

Once he got more familiar with his body, Leylin commanded silently, "A.I. Chip! List the recent changes in my condition!"

Shua shua!* Rows of blue words emerged in front of Leylin.

[Beep! Detected rapid liveliness in Host's bloodline, the Kyerlis coefficient is: 44 — 46 — 56 — 78 — 89 — 101! The liveliness has reached the threshold and the Giant Kemoyin Serpent bloodline's second transition begins!] [Beep! Host has gone into deep sleep. Commencement of reformation of Kemoyin's Bloodline within body.] [Detected unknown composition in Host's body! Permission to dispel substances… Countdown: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!] [Beep! No authorization from Host, unable to dispel! Entering observation mode! Recording data…] [Beginning of alteration of heart. Rate of completion: 1%, 2%, 15%, 30%, 51%…] [Strengthening of Host's bloodline. Innate spell, Kemoyin's Scales strengthened!

[Kemoyin's Scales: Forms a layer of defensive scales on host's body, has an instant effect. Physical defense: 35 degrees. Resistance to magic: 40 degrees. Consumption: 1 spiritual force, 1 magic power every 6 hours.] [Measured large rise in Host's stats in multiple areas. Collecting data…] [Beep! Collection of data completed, converting into numerical values…]

Leylin found his stats being refreshed.

[Leylin Farlier. Rank 1 Warlock. Bloodline: Giant Kemoyin Serpent. Strength: 20.1, Agility: 13.4, Vitality: 25.7, Spiritual Force: 75.9, Magic Power: 75 (Magic Power is in synchronisation with Spiritual Force). Elemental essence conversion: 89%. Status: Heart remodelling, progress: 61%]

The heart was an important organ that produced the blood of the Giant Kemoyin Serpent. Through the remodelling of the heart, ancient Warlocks obtained vitality and the ability to produce blood as powerful as that of the Kemoyin Serpent.

With the scanning of the A.I. Chip, Leylin could clearly see a purplish red colour constantly extending from his heart.

Wave after wave of power and blood was transported to all parts of his body.

Along with the throbbing of his heart, the last few digits of the numbers that represented his spiritual force, vitality, elemental essence conversion constantly increased.

"Even before my heart is completely remodelled, the rise in my stats is still increasing. How terrifying…"

Leylin mumbled to himself.

His current stats were comparable to a peak rank 1 Magus, and in terms of vitality, he exceeded them by a fairly large amount.

He could feel a strength that he had never experienced!

Pak! Leylin supported his weight with his hands, and a deep palm print was indented onto the rock at the bottom of the pool.

His entire body bounced, and he jumped out of the pool.

Peng peng!*

Under his feet, fine cracks in the rock extended like spider webs.

"After the increase in my vitality, the density of my body has also increased. I'll need to train again so that I can control the strength I now possess."

Seeing the damage he had unwittingly caused, he smiled wryly.

He found a random piece of black clothing in his bag and wore it, and then snapped his fingers.

Weng weng!*

The defense spell formation around ceased operation and two black figures arrived like a hurricane. They knelt before Leylin and said, "Master!"

"In the time I've been asleep, has there been any strange happenings?" Leylin asked indifferently.

Number 2 and Number 3 shared a glance, and Number 2 took the initiative and held out a pendant that looked like a book.

"In the time that Master has been asleep, everything has been quiet. The five specimens are still unconscious, though Master's secret imprint has been flashing constantly. Without Master's approval, we did not dare answer…"

"Oh?"

Leylin took the pendant and flipped to a page with an imprint with a strange smile on it. Under the smiling face, there were rows of communication requests, but since Leylin had been in the process of transitioning his bloodline, he naturally did not bother answering them.

He tapped on the smiling face, and string of Dark elemental energy particles shimmered.

"Tsss…" Similar to the static in radios due to bad signals a noise sounded, and the voice of the old man in Leylin's team could be heard.

"My lord, is that you? Please forgive me. Due to the issue of signals in the secret plane, I can only contact you through the headquarters' signal tower."

"Cut the nonsense. What do you need?" Leylin asked.

"My lord… In the time you have not been around, our Hunting Zone 3 was was attacked by a peak rank 1 Magus by the name of Marb. He was like a mad dog, and as long as someone appeared in front of him, whether an acolyte or an official Magus, they would be killed. He even announced your name and said that if you did not appear, this situation would continue… Bat and Crow have already died in his hands…"

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Chase

Leylin could hear the hint of fear in the old man's voice.

Bat and Crow were both Leylin's subordinates, and now that both had been killed, it would be hard to deliver this news to Four Seasons Garden.

"Lord Caesar has already spoken and given you a time limit of ten days. Within that time, you'll have to solve this problem, or else…"

"Or else?" Leylin sounded very calm.

The old man, on the other hand, was so terrified that even his voice trembled. "He will seize you on the grounds that you neglected your duties!"

"Oh!" He expected anger from Leylin, but all he saw was Leylin nodding slightly, "Tell him I understand!"

Next, Leylin closed the imprint's connection.

"Marb, is it?" Behind his eyes, he seemed to see that crazy metallized old geezer again.

That Marb must have received news about him being in charge of Hunting Zone 3 and had thus taken action.

Leylin flippantly made a decision.

Though Thousand Meddling Hands, the organisation of which Giant was a member, wanted to solve the conflict between Leylin and the Lilytell family, he wanted none of that.

From his perspective, since they had already become enemies, it was better to completely eliminate them.

Besides, the current Marb thought nothing of Leylin.

If, before the second bloodline transition, Leylin only had a chance to kill his opponent with the help of Number 2 and Number 3, he was now confident that in a fight, he could definitely destroy his opponent! Marb wouldn't even have the chance to escape.

"Let's go!"

With a shake of his robes, he brought the two Branded Swordsmen out of the cave.

"Awoooo!" Soon after, the silhouette of a huge Venom Wyvern soared up high from the cave…

……

Zoom!*

On the plains, two figures flickered with light as they travelled at speeds that exceeded what could be seen with the naked eye. One chased, while the other fled.

In front was a young woman wearing white robes, her hair slightly curled, and her chest was bursting out of her clothes.

As she moved, her plentiful bosom would constantly jiggle, and paired with this woman's beautiful face, men had the urge to become lecherous wolves.

It was a pity that her striking beauty had no effect on the Magus behind her.

Xiu xiu!* The sound of blades slashing could be heard, and the woman's face changed, instantly grabbing a chain bracelet around her wrist and flung it behind.

Weng weng!*

Luminous green light was emitted from the chain bracelet, and the light converged to form a large web which slammed into the two silver pikes.

Rumble!*

Green and silver rays exploded, and the intense explosive airwaves struck the woman's back.

Rip!* Half her robe was torn up, revealing her bright, clean back and delicate skin.

"Stupid old man! I already told you I don't know any 'Leylin'. Why did you keep chasing after me…"

The woman seemed to care little about how she was exhibiting a lot of skin as she produced a scroll. *Chia!* A pair of translucent, small wings grew behind her.

Each was quite small and formed a semi-heart. They were quite cute and seemed like a decorative item.

Hu-la!* The wings shook, bringing with them waves of energy.

However, this lady did not fly but floated gently, as if she had become more buoyant. With her wings flapping behind her, her speed increased, and only then did she have the time to turn back and scold,

"You're the light Magus in this region, so you must be under Leylin's protection! How can you not know of him?"

The one that was chasing behind her was a silver-haired old man with metallic ornaments dangling from his forehead to his face. After having seen the woman using the scroll, a ring of silvery, metallic rays was produced.

Hu hu!*

Metallic rays constantly sprayed backwards like two silver tassles that drifted behind him.

Crash!* His speed increased sharply and was even slightly faster than the woman's, which caused the distance between them to decrease.

The woman even felt like crying at this point. "I'm just a wandering Magus! Though this is Four Seasons Garden's territory, we're still allowed to go in. You've really got the wrong person!"

Hearing her explanation, Marb face did not change and he extended his right arm, a silver white metallic bomb appearing in his hand.

His pupils had no life in them and he was unmoved, as if this scantily dressed woman was just a rotting corpse.

With a wave of his hand, the metallic bomb travelled in a beautiful arc and landed in front of the woman's path.

Boom!*

The silver bomb blew up with a loud rumble, fire constantly spreading and metallic debris constantly flying everywhere.

The look on this woman's face was terrible. She was barely able to dodge the aftermath of the explosion. Most of her wings were blown away, and as a result, her speed immediately decreased. She could even feel a bloodthirsty gaze on her basically naked back, as if it was looking at prey. This gaze was different from the lustful looks from many male Magi: it was pure killing intent without the slightest bit of desire.

Hence, she was very clear that the moment she was in his hands, all that awaited her was death. Her pretty face, which was something she had always been proud of, served no purpose in this situation.

"Though you're a wandering Magus, you must belong to some part of Four Seasons Garden. If you die here, it'll be bad for him anyway."

Marb coldly stated. In order to force Leylin out, there was nothing he would not do.

In a place where rank 2 Magi were in charge, with his strength as a peak rank 1 Magus, it was still possible to kill as he liked.

"Damn it! How did I get so unlucky as to meet a lunatic like him!"

The curly-haired woman cursed, desiring to cry as she quickly ran.

"Escaping? Do you think you'll actually succeed?"

Marb, who was behind her, gathered a silver fluid in his hand again, turning it into a short rod.

He held on to the silver, metallic rod, and pointed it at the woman was fleeing as fast as she could.

Zilala!* The front of the metallic short rod split open, and countless little silver steel balls flew out.

Peng peng!*

These steel balls fell like rain, dispersed in a circular shape, headed forward, and blocked all the possible routes that the woman could use to flee.

Ding ding dang dang!*

The woman clenched her teeth and a pink defensive layer emerged from her body.

As the silver metallic steel balls struck the defense layer, a heavy thud could be heard.

"Transform!" At this moment Marb, who was behind, shouted coldly, his two hands clawing forward!

Tsss!* The steel balls that were hitting the pink layer suddenly melted to form a silver liquid that covered the layer.

Along with Marb's clawing motion, a formless column of air seemed to strike on the silver liquid, the large strength it had constantly pulled the woman backwards.

Rumble!*

Marb clenched his right fist, silver fluid coated his hand, which caused it to become an eye-catching silver colour.

The silver, metallic fist mercilessly struck the pink layer.

The layer was immediately dented to a terrifying extent. As Marb increased the power of his attack, terrifying cracking sounds could be heard.

Finally, under the woman's desperate gaze, the pink layer was completely shattered by the silver fist, turning into shards that gently fell like butterflies.

"Pu…" With her innate spell broken, the woman paled and as if she had been struck by a hammer and collapsed.

"Damn it! I'm going to stay right here! Just do whatever you want now!"

She watched Marb, and closed her eyes as if in resignation. However, the moment she closed her eyes, her legs spread open and her robes ripped apart, revealing the underwear underneath. The black shadow in the middle was enough to cause anyone to go mad and have the desire to explore further.

"All these little actions at this time?" Marb snickered.

Most Magi liked to enjoy themselves after they advanced and were open about their acts in this area. This was the case for both male and female Magi. But Marb was different! He was already one with metal and had lost the ability to have children. This was why he valued Bosain, his only blood relative so much.

Shortly after, his right hand turned into a chopper!

"Rest in peace! Nobody will save you!"

After having heard Marb's declaration, hopelessness welled up. She was merely a semi-converted Magus and was probably slightly competent when it came to fleeing. However, in front of Marb, she was like a frail child.

"Am I going to die here? Mentor, I'm sorry I couldn't complete the task you entrusted to me!"

As the chopper struck down, the woman mumbled under her breath.

"Really?"

Boom!*

The pain she anticipated did not arrive and instead, a third person's voice rang out in the field.

The female Magus opened her eyes to the sight of a giant black serpent, scales flickering with black light as it broke the chopper with a single bite.

After breaking the chopper, the serpent turned into black smoke and floated to the back of a very handsome male Magus. It turned into a ring of black elemental particles and hovered over him like an aureole.

"What a familiar face! This seems to be the person in charge of Hunting Zone 3… Leylin!"

The woman inwardly heaved a sigh of relief, though outwardly she appeared to be indifferent to the situation.

The female Magus then stood up as if nothing had happened and quickly rushed off, covering a large distance in a short period of time.

"By the way, do I know you?" Leylin rolled his eyes inwardly.

This was an area he had jurisdiction over, and all Magi who were in the light faction or any wandering Magi were supposed to greet him. However, Leylin was always indoors and rarely showed himself, so it was natural he did not know this woman.

However, if she were to die here, it would put a mark on his record, so he decided not to bicker with her about it.

Leylin's full concentration was now on Marb.

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Determination

After seeing Leylin, Marb's gaze, which was as sharp as knives, was fixed on Leylin.

"So… You've finally appeared, Leylin!"

Marb spoke softly, but the coldness and determination were apparent in his voice, causing the female Magus nearby to break out in cold sweat,

In their previous battle, Marb had witnessed Leylin's power and the rate at which he grew stronger. Fear and regret crawled around and constantly gnawed at his insides like ants.

He regretted it! He regretted not deploying more manpower to the Great Canyon Margaret and thoroughly eliminating Leylin there!

Now, Leylin had already grown stronger and was quickly becoming the Lilytell Family's worst nightmare.

In the beginning, he had only just advanced to a rank 1 Magus, but now, he was capable of fighting on equal grounds with Marb. In the entire Magus history of the south coast, this was a rate of improvement that only the cream of the crop had.

Presently, Marb could still suppress his opponent, but even he himself had no confidence in being able to do so in the future.

By that time, Leylin would definitely destroy the entire Lilytell Family!

Marb did not want to be one responsible for his family's death. Hence, in this period of time, he was like a madman, looking for traces of Leylin.

He did not even hesitate to anger a rank 2 light Magus as he slaughtered a large number of Magi in the light Magi zone.

Finally, he had forced Leylin to come out.

Marb stared straight at Leylin, as if afraid that at the slightest blink, Leylin would escape once again and disappear.

"It's been a long time! I've been looking for you for a long time…" Marb mumbled under his breath.

"I've waited quite some time. This really has to end soon!" Leylin clasped his hands behind his back and spoke.

This indifference obviously caused Marb to become suspicious. The current Leylin's aura was even more difficult to make sense of, and even he was unable to accurately judge Leylin's strength.

However, in order to force Leylin to make an appearance, he had no other choice!

"Die!" Marb suddenly made his move as he roared.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

In an instant, he turned into pure metal, rays converging in front of his chest and spell formation that emitted brownish yellow light.

"Metal transformation! Gravity spell formation!"

Fully aware that Leylin was no easy target, Marb used his trump card right away.

Weng Weng!*

A ring of brownish yellow light extended across the entire area.

Wave after wave of a tearing force from the core of the earth descended onto the area.

"Gravity times twenty!" Marb's eyes turned a pure silver hue as he roared.

Rumble!* The brownish yellow colour immediately spread, and a tearing force that was ten times stronger than before exploded from beneath the ground.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

The surface of the ground peeled off, and moles, ants, and other tiny animals were immediately ripped apart and turned into blood mist!

"Lunatics! They're all lunatics!"

That female Magus was right at the edge of the spell formation, and she instantly lay on the ground, her skin constantly breaking. Blood flowed copiously, and she was quickly dyed crimson.

"Are you kidding? How can I die from the aftershocks of a Magi battle?"

The female Magus gritted her teeth and broke a pendant around her neck.

This usually simple task was made much more difficult due to the times twenty gravitational force.

In reality, if not for her being an official Magus and having remodelled her body such that it became stronger, she would have been blown up into blood mist like those animals.

Chi!*

After breaking the pendant, a green light engulfed the female Magus' body.

All her wounds were instantly healed, and if not for the bloodstains that were left on her body and clothes, it would be impossible to tell that she had been injured.

The green light travelled across her body, and she could immediately feel the effects of the increased gravity lessening. She quickly used her four limbs and crawled out of the area that the brownish-yellow gravity spell formation affected.

Bo!*

After leaving the spell formation and feeling the gravity return to normal, she heaved a hefty sigh of relief and stood up.

"That was much too terrifying! As expected, it's impossible for us semi-converted Magi to interfere in battles between rank 1 Magi who are at the peak."

Boom! Boom! Boom!*

At this moment, the sound of metal clashing against metal produced ear-piercing sound waves.

As if bitten by a snake, the female Magus took seven steps back and glanced at the middle of the spell formation. At the center, there were two human figures that had slammed into each other.

In their surroundings, whether they were large trees or rocks, all were reduced to powder once they were brushed past.

"This is too dangerous!"

The female Magus' expression changed, and she immediately fled further until the two Magi were on the verge of disappearing from her line of sight. Only then did she halt her steps.

"It should be fine here… right?"

Though this was what she told herself, the Wind elemental energy particles around her feet did not dissipate as she made preparations to leave if she saw the need to.

Bam!*

Covered in a layer of black scales, Leylin struck Marb's curved, metallic knife.

Sparks flew, and the clash produced an ear-piercing sound, causing the area around them to quake. There were even some black cracks around them that slowly extended outwards.

Ping pang!* At this moment, the sound of metal breaking sounded from the middle.

The two figures that had been fiercely fighting quickly retreated.

Leylin swung his arms, and in his hand was the sharp tip of a blade! In the fight just now, Leylin had actually used brute force and broken one of Marb's blades!

At this moment, the tip of the blade was still wriggling about and had transformed into multiple metallic teeth that were biting at Leylin's palm.

Ka-cha!*

The metallic teeth bit at the scales and produced crisp sounds, but there was not a trace left on Leylin's hand.

When the bloodline transitioning had occurred, Leylin's innate spell formation, Kemoyin's scales, had also powered up. Its physical defense and resistance to magic had risen by more than 30 degrees. With the added power from Leylin's magic, Marb's metallic weapons were now unable to hurt Leylin.

"Hm? How dare you resist!"

Leylin furrowed his brows, and immediately after, the muscles on his right arm bulged out. More than 20 degrees of strength were displayed!

Weng!*

Clenching his fist, a miserable shriek of someone at death's door could be heard from the space between Leylin's fingers.

Leylin then opened his right hand and threw a few bits of metal that had clearly become dented out of shape, and thus become useless, onto the floor.

As Leylin had crushed the metal, Marb had trembled slightly, as if he had been wounded. With a liquid metallic body, Marb's spirit was spread out evenly throughout his body. The moment Leylin completely destroyed the liquid metal in his hands, a part of Marb's spirit had died as well.

"You're- You're actually completely fine! This entire area actually has twenty times the usual gravity!"

Seeing that Leylin was completely fine, Marb's face was filled with disbelief.

Just ten or so days ago, he had used this spell and caused Leylin to have no choice but to flee. However, currently, Leylin was actually so nimble even with the effects of the gravity spell formation. This situation caused Marb, who had recently experienced the pain of losing part of his spirit, to become terrified.

Though he was aware of Leylin's talent, Marb realised that the rate at which he improved was far above his expectations!

"Gravity?" Leylin looked at the brownish-yellow spell formation and smirked.

Within his body, a transparent energy membrane emitted a faint purplish red colour, protecting the most vulnerable organs in his body.

This was the defensive ability that the Giant Kemoyin Serpent's bloodline had brought to him. In addition, even if this membrane was not activated, just his vitality of 25.7 was enough to withstand this level of gravity. After all, the sturdiness of his body was working up to the same level of hardness as the body of the ancient Giant Kemoyin Serpent.

"Today will be your doomsday!" Marb was stern and resolute.

"Twenty-nine times gravity!" He roared fiercely, and his body was engulfed by a layer of brownish-yellow ring of gravitational force.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

A gravitational force that was even more tremendous descended and even Leylin could feel the pressure and the increase in his weight.

However, the one who got the worse end of the deal was Marb himself.

Right after sending out the attack, the sound of porcelain breaking could be heard from his body.

Like a spider web, numerous cracks emerged all over his body.

"Even if I am to bet on the Lilytell name and sacrifice my life, I must kill you here!" Marb looked slightly craze as he spoke.

"A fight to the death?"

Leylin's expression became serious. Though he had already gone through the second bloodline transition and his strength had surpassed that of a rank 1 Magus, he was not yet a rank 2 Magus!

Facing a Magus who was also at the peak, even he had to be extra careful.

Crack! Crack!*

Chilling sounds were produced as Marb's metallic body suddenly increased in size, his muscles bulging as his body expanded.

In the blink of an eye, Marb transformed from a regular old man to a metallic, burly man who was over five meters tall.

On the surface of his body was a luster that was unique to metal. The cracks were even more massive, and it looked as if his new form might collapse at any moment.

Leylin's eyes flashed as he felt the immense, unstable energy waves of elemental particles from Marb's transformed body.

"You want to take me down even if it means your own death? Dream on!"

Leylin quickly retreated, and at the same time, he chanted a few syllables.

Rumble!*

Countless black fireballs emerged from the shadows on the ground, hovering in the air.

The latent fireball, which had already been overwhelmingly powerful, now had an even more terrifying might of 60 degrees with the added bonus from Leylin's current elemental essence conversion!

This was practically the limit of the power that a rank 1 Magus could possess. Under the might of the black fireball, the soil melted and turned into something akin to the crystalline particles of porcelain and glass.

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Slain

"Latent Fireball!"

Leylin raised his right arm and hundreds of small black fireballs fused in front of him, till they were about the size of a human head. The black in the middle was even more intense, giving it a profound air as if it could suck in human spirits.

Under the intense flames that were of a high temperature, even the brownish-yellow gravitational rays began to show signs of instability, constantly retracting and extending.

Facing the giant in front of him, Leylin's expression was cold.

The latent fireball soared through the sky as if passing through space, and it appeared in front of the metallic giant in an instant.

The black fire's high-temperature force field caused the metallic giant to sway slightly, liquid metal constantly melting and dripping onto the ground.

In the face of such a terrifying attack, Marb steeled himself and grabbed on to his right arm!

Ka-cha!*

The ear-piercing sound of bones breaking sounded, and Marb himself actually tore off his own arm.

The half-complete metallic arm that he tossed away showed signs of melting into the air and then turned into an oval metal ball. It then collided with the black fireball!

Rumble!*

Bright rays of light unceasingly spread out, and at the centre, there was a black and silver-white light that was constantly squirming… devouring…

Even though Marb had tried to increase the distance between them as best as he could, he was still affected by the energy waves. *Ka-cha!* The gravity spell formation at his chest immediately cracked.

Pak!*

The brownish-yellow gravity spell formation simply collapsed, and the gravity immediately went back to normal.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!*

Explosions sounded one after another like beans exploding.

Just ten seconds later, the entire ground had been levelled, and even a large portion of the earth had been blown off.

At the centre was a gigantic pit that was so deep that one could not see the bottom.

After the ash and dust had somewhat dispersed, Leylin came to the side of the pit. Seeing the black flames that were still burning, he asked aloud, "Dead yet?"

Shua!*

A silver-white figure immediately cut through the curtain of ash and appeared before Leylin.

"Marb?!" Producing an expression of pure shock, he quickly backed away!

"Ah! Ah! Ah!" Marb's current condition was very pitiful. Not only had he lost his right arm, even his chest and thigh had injuries that were so deep one could see the bone.

This was especially so for the injury above his waist. It looked as if he was on the verge of being broken into two.

If this were an ordinary human or even an official Magus, they would find it difficult to survive, let alone go on the offense with such dangerous injuries.

But Marb was evidently different. Liquid metal unceasingly flowed and covered several areas, forcefully patching up his body.

Upon seeing Leylin, silver light that seemed to have turned solid shot out of his eyes.

Bang!*

Two metal bombs behind his back exploded, the force instantly acting on his back.

Using this method, he was able to catch up to Leylin.

"We shall perish together!" Marb pounced forward.

While in midair, his entire body dispersed and turned into a silver white curtain.

The metallic curtain seemed to have a life of its own as it bundled Leylin within, leaving behind his head on the outside.

"Hm? An interesting attack! Is this your final attack?" Leylin watched the silver liquid metal wrapped around him like a cocoon, his expression cool and not the least bit flustered.

Gulu! Gulu!*

A large amount of liquid metal gathered at Leylin's shoulder, turning into the face of an old man.

"For the family! For Bosain! Metal will ultimately be destroyed…" The old man looked deranged and looked as if he was planning to die for a just cause.

"By the way… do you mean to die together with that puppet?"

Just as Marb was about to self-destruct, a voice lazily resounded from the other end of the battlefield.

Marb turned around in disbelief, and immediately caught sight of another Leylin that had suddenly appeared. He looked to be mocking the old man as he sized him up.

"You must have forgotten, but I am a Magus specialising in Dark elemental energy particles. For us, making a shadow clone is a piece of cake."

While Leylin spoke, the "Leylin" that Marb had bound, began to transform in a bizarre manner.

The entire body became black and turned into a bundle of black shadows.

"No!" A pair of silver-white hands reached out from the curtain as Marb yelled, trying to get away from the clone.

"It's too late!" Leylin exclaimed indifferently, with even some pity in his voice.

Shua Shua Shua!*

The large lump of shadows that had Marb surrounded suddenly produced countless black tendrils that engulfed Marb.

Marb bellowed as large numbers of fine, rotating knives emerged from his body.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!* Sparks flew as the blades and tendrils made contact.

However, this time, the durability of the shadow tendrils had increased in might by a large margin, and the silver-white blades eventually got stuck. Some even snapped.

"Goodbye, Marb!"

His expression was strange as he watched Marb, who was completely bound by the shadow tendrils.

Next, he raised his arm, and then clenched his fist!

Boom!*

……

"Is it over?"

The female Magus from before had escaped far, far away due to her fear of the aftershocks from the battle. Only after it ended did she dare to return while cowering.

It was not that she did not want to escape, but if Marb was the one who won, it would be impossible for her to escape with her current speed. Hence, it would be better to take the chance and return. If Leylin and Marb were able to heavily injure each other, she could render some assistance too! This would ultimately benefit her!

"Or perhaps… the two of them perished together? If that's the case, all their possessions will belong to me! Hahaha…"

At the thought of picking up loot from two mighty people, the female Magus began to laugh aloud a little neurotically.

"My apologies, but you'll have to be disappointed!"

Next, Leylin's voice was heard and the female Magus' maniacal laughter suddenly stopped like a duck who had its throat gripped.

"It's you! That Leylin who caused me to be chased after…"

The female Magus commented lightly, but quickly changed her words, "Oh! No, I mean Magus Leylin!"

As he watched this female Magus, who seemed to be much too comfortable in this situation, Leylin shook his head and had no intentions of chatting with her.

"Hunting zones are still quite dangerous. If you want to gather resources, it's better to head to the other zones."

Leylin turned and left after he spoke.

"Hey! Wait! Where's that Magus called Marb? Did you chase him away?" Only now did the female Magus react.

With the fear from before still lingering in her heart, she looked around as if afraid that Marb would appear at any moment.

"Marb? He's right here!"

Leylin waved, showing her the huge lump of metal in his hand.

"Hm?" The female Magus gazed at the item in Leylin's hand with astonishment.

That was a large piece of silver, metallic ore. At the beginning, she had assumed Leylin had found some materials and ignored it.

……

However, upon closer inspection, there were a few strange depressions and protruding areas on the surface, like a… human face?!

After comparing the eyes and nose, the female Magus fell back three steps, "It's Marb! You killed him?"

Such an unusual reaction actually threw Leylin off.

"He's a dark Magus. As a Magus from the hunting team, isn't it normal to kill him?"

"Were…. were you dropped on the head as a child? I- no! What!"

Too confused, she began to stutter.

"That's a peak rank 1 Magus! Peak! No matter where you go, someone with that level of strength is definitely of a high status and has an extraordinary battle power. It wouldn't take more than one attack from him to kill off newly-advanced Magi! And you… you actually…"

She peeked at the piece of metal in Leylin's hand in disbelief, fear apparent while she glanced at Leylin.

Leylin smiled nonchalantly.

In the south coast, rank 2 Magus usually did not make themselves known. Hence, peak rank 1 Magi were the strongest powers out there.

Now, a rank 1 Magus at his peak who was considered the strongest out there, had died by his hand! If news of this travelled out, it would definitely cause a huge stir.

If this was the Leylin from before, he might even try his utmost to conceal this mater.

However, after his second bloodline transition and the sharp increase in his power, things had changed!

This was an unrivalled confidence in himself! So what if news of his battle achievements was circulated? With his current strength, it was enough for him to take care of himself and cause anyone who had designs on him to suffer miserably!

"Awoooo!"

At this moment, a huge Venom Wyvern circled the area briefly and then descended.

It roared loudly and then used its huge head and nuzzled Leylin, trying to get a good response from him.

"This is… is this that legendary Venom Wyvern? How valiant, I like it…"

Her eyes shone like stars, "Handsome! Can you give me a ride?"

Leylin shot her a glance.

To be honest, this female Magus did not look half bad, especially in terms of her figure. In addition, she had not mended her clothes that had been damaged while she was fleeing, thus revealing a whole lot of skin.

Ordinarily, and in a situation where he had time to spare, Leylin was not against playing around with her.

But this was the secret plane! He was still being pressured by both the dark and light Magi factions. It would be a wonder if he was in the mood for this sort of thing.

"Boring!"

Leylin indifferent uttered a word and then jumped onto the back of the Venom Wyvern.

"Awoo…" The Venom Wyvern bellowed at the female Magus as if trying to demonstrate its power and spread its wings, flying off.

"Tsk! Such a petty man! It's not as if I'll die without you around!"

Waiting till the Venom Wyvern's figure complete disappeared into the horizon, she fiercely made a rude gesture in Leylin's direction.

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Nefarious Filthbird

At headquarters, in the hunting team's administrative zone.

Thump!* A huge Venom Wyvern descended from the sky and created two large depressions as its feet touched the ground.

A black shadow flickered, and a robed Magus jumped off the back of the Wyvern.

"My Lord! My Lord!" An old Magus saw the Venom Wyvern, his eyes brightening as he approached them.

"Old man! We'll need to have some words about you escaping at the last minute!"

Leylin couldn't be bothered to deal with him and entered the hall.

"Vice Team leader! Lord Caesar is looking for you!" Two hunting team Magi came before Leylin and bowed slightly, their manners impeccable.

Though Leylin had no real power in front of Caesar, ordinary members like them were small fry. Those who had offended him the other time were still in isolation! Hence, these members were extremely respectful to Leylin, or at least on the surface.

"Great timing, I was just about to look for him!"

Leylin nodded slightly.

Ka-cha!* The door opened, revealing Caesar's figure behind the office desk. The two Magi who had escorted him here quickly left.

"Magus Leylin! You're just in time. Regarding the previous mission…" Before Caesar even spoke, a huge metallic piece was firmly thrown onto the table.

"It's done!"

On this huge silver white metal, there were indents that formed an old, wrinkled face.

"Metallic lifeform?" Caesar was slightly suspicious, but at the thought of something, his eyes suddenly opened wide.

"I need to inspect this!"

After speaking, Caesar took the metallic sculpture and jogged out of the office, leaving Leylin alone inside.

Though Caesar had issued this mission before, not in his wildest dreams could he have expected Leylin to actually complete it. After all, Marb was a Magus on the same level as him!

However, Leylin had given him something that looked like Marb's head. How could this not astonish him?

In that moment, Caesar even had the suspicion that Leylin had brought him brought a random head to escape punishment.

Creak!* Ten minutes later, the door opened once more.

Caesar appeared in front of Leylin, but his expression was dark, with even hints of shock in his face.

"I didn't think you would actually be able to do it…" Caesar could not conceal the shock and curiosity in his eyes.

"If it's possible, could you share the process of your mission with me? You know, as the hunting team leader, it's necessary that I know about the entire process and then give rewards accordingly."

Caesar spoke indifferently.

"It was very simple…" Leylin unfolded his arms. "After taking on the mission, I was going to look for you but coincidentally saw him heavily wounded, which is how I completed this assignment."

"Magus Leylin…" Caesar's face darkened further. "Please speak the truth!"

"That's what happened! I even brought along a neutral wandering Magus. If there's anything else you need, you can just ask her."

Leylin was indifferent.

In reality, as long as one was not completely blind, anyone could see this was an excuse!

But so what? Marb was dead. If Leylin said he was heavily injured, that must be the truth!

As for that female Magus, she was just a semi-converted Magus. How could she tell the state of a peak rank 1 Magus' injuries?

"You…" Caesar's face began to flush.

In that instant, he suddenly seemed to have thought of something and his entire body relaxed.

"No matter what, Magus Leylin, you have disposed of a peak rank 1 Magus from the other faction, thus showing your loyalty to Four Seasons Garden. Your bravery will be known by all light Magi, and you might even be recorded down in history…"

Caesar congratulated him with a fake smile.

"Thank you for your compliment, but I want to know more about the substantial rewards I will be getting!" Leylin nodded nonchalantly and then spoke.

For him, having a reputation wasn't all that important. With the prerequisite that the situation would not be unfavourable to him, he was, of course, willing to do some good deeds and obtain a good reputation. However, if there were no advantages and him needing to put in so much effort, making a name for himself in history was just something that only idiots would bother doing!

"Hah…"

Caesar breathed in deeply to calm the fire within his heart and said icily, "There will naturally be rewards. As for any promotions, that will have to wait. However, the contribution points have already been issued to you. 1500 points! Don't worry, the organisation is very strict when it comes to things like this, so I don't have the authority to dock points from you."

Immediately after, Caesar produced a green crystal card from within his robes and passed it to Leylin.

An obscure look flashed past Leylin's eyes as he held out his hand to take the card.

Ka-cha!*

That instant he took the card, a slight explosion happened.

Leylin and Caesar's bodies shook for a second, and they immediately sprang apart.

"What a terrifying rate of improvement! Magus Leylin!" His expression held a trace of fear as Caesar looked at Leylin.

Before, he still had the confidence that he could suppress Leylin, but now, after the probing, he found that this Magus who he had looked upon with contempt had already caught up to him and become a mighty peak rank 1 Magus! He might even be stronger than him!

Caesar could not be so casual with Leylin any longer. Leylin's ranking in his heart had already risen to the same level of opponents who were of equal strength as him.

Leylin only gave a slight smile in response to Caesar's exclamation.

He had even concealed a part of the strength of his Warlock blood. If not, Caesar might be completely stunned.

He took his own contribution point card and swiped the green crystal card above it!

Beep!* A light flickered and the 0 on Leylin's own card changed to 1500.

"Alright! Magus Leylin, you may return and take a rest while waiting for news from the Elders." Caesar spoke slowly.

Leylin's transformation made him feel a little uncomfortable. He was currently in need of some time to come up with a counterplan.

"Thank you!"

Leylin stood up and took a small bow, each action revealing an unspeakable sort of elegance.

……

"Really? His strength exceeds yours?"

In a room made primarily out of plants, Reynold placed the white porcelain cup on the table, a hand supporting his forehead and a finger curling his hair. Another hand was unconsciously striking the table, producing the dull 'thud' sounds.

The current Reynold looked like an old man who was not in the best state of mind, but all those who were familiar with him could tell this was him pondering over something deeply.

Caesar stood aside, waiting for the final decision from this elder of the Four Seasons Garden.

"If that's the case, we'll give him the position of the head of patrolling at the headquarters!" Reynold thought over this for a long time till the steam from his porcelain cup had vanished, before speaking.

"Alright!" In response, Caesar merely nodded.

"Also, I found out that we might have paid too little attention to that guy… If there's time, I think I want to meet him."

Reynold stretched, looking pleased as he glanced at Caesar.

"Don't you know how rude it is to bother an old man who was planning on taking an afternoon nap?"

"My apologies! I'll take my leave now!"

Caesar quickly bowed and left, a mysterious grin about his lips.

"Leylin Farlier?"

Behind him, Reynold mouthed this name.

He had naturally taken Leylin's talent into account. If he was truly sincere about joining Four Seasons Garden and that the value of the item he had gotten from the ruins was not too high, Reynold would not go so far as to do anything dirty and covet his inheritance.

However, from how Leylin had been able to improve his strength so quickly, what he had obtained was definitely not as simple as he had thought it was.

It was extremely beneficial to the user and was worth the risk for Reynold to take action.

In addition, based on the information he had gathered, ever since Leylin entered Four Seasons Garden, he still had dealings with dark Magi. He was even involved in a few of the large incidents in Nightless City!

This was just intolerable! Any organisation would not put up with the existence of disloyal members!

Though this was just a hypothesis, this was enough reason for Reynold to make his move!

He was an existence that had stepped into the level of rank 2 Magi! The difference between Magi from each rank was like heaven and earth. Even if Leylin received some amazing inheritance, as long as he had not promoted to a rank 2 Magus, he was powerless in front of a true rank 2 Magus.

Just the fact that he could solidify his spiritual force was enough to suppress most rank 1 Magi!

……

At this point in time, Leylin was oblivious to all this.

He was currently in a laboratory, holding a test tube that contained a grey liquid within. His blue eyes flashed as he constantly scanned the contents.

"The solution that contains a Nefarious Filthbird's feathers! Rumours have it that the ancient Nefarious Filthbird and Trial's Eye were nemeses. Its feathers also carried with it the chaos its original body was known for. It is an item that swindlers love."

The conclusion that the A.I. Chip had was presented in front of Leylin's eyes.

"Based on the information and simulations, this solution is able to take care of the oath I made with Four Seasons Garden. But what happens after? The problem I have isn't just with the oath…"

Leylin mumbled to himself, and looked at his stats once more.

[Leylin Farlier. Rank 1 Warlock, Bloodline: Giant Kemoyin Serpent. Strength: 20.1, Agility: 13.4, Vitality: 25.9, Spiritual Force: 76.1, Magic Power: 76 (Magic Power is in synchronisation with Spiritual Force). Elemental essence conversion: 90%. Status: Altering heart, progress at 69%.]

"The heart is the location where the Giant Kemoyin Serpent's blood was produced. Through the alteration of the heart, ancient Warlocks obtained similar vitality and abilities to produce blood!"

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Headquarters' Patrolling Inspector

"A very large increase!" Seeing that in his refreshed data, the progress of his strength and spirit and his elemental essence conversion all had a huge change, Leylin wore a pleased expression on his face.

For an official Magus, making any progress was exceedingly difficult; even for a Magus like Leylin who had a high-level meditation technique, they would need to accumulate a lot of time.

But now, after the second transition of his bloodline, his average data had risen to that of a peak rank 1 Magus'.

And after his heart had been remodelled, it was incessantly stimulating the potential of his body towards a higher evolution.

Only in these past few days, his reformation rate had increased by 8% and this had brought about an amplification in his other data — this was absolutely terrifying!

"If it is like this, then maybe I can… "

Leylin quickly calculated in his mind and after which, his eyes emitted a dangerous beam of light.

This beam was very pure and immeasurable; Leylin's eyes, which were brimming with this beam, felt as if it could even absorb a person's soul.

But, a split second later, Leylin had already hidden this beam deep inside.

"The solvent of the Nefarious Filthbird's feathers?!"

Leylin once again focused his attention on the gray solution and a blue ray of light from the A.I. Chip flashed occasionally as he scanned the test tube, and a large amount of data was being projected in front of Leylin's eyes.

"The Void Hallucination Flowers!" exclaimed Leylin, as he saw the three crystals on the experiment table.

Deeply entrenched within these tiny crystals were white flowers that were so transparent they were almost illusory.

This flower was the principal ingredient in many ancient potions. These had previously been extinct on the south coast. It was unknown from which secret plane did Four Seasons Garden discover this flower. Its value was 50 contribution points.

"Crystal seal, undo!" As he reeled off several complicated words, Leylin pointed his right forefinger at a crystal.

Glug!*

A noise like the ripples on a pond could be heard from the surface of those crystals.

The ripple continuously distorted as it extended to the interior of the crystal….when with a *Clink! Fizz!* — noises like waves rolling and volatile steam evaporating — the solid crystal continuously vaporized into the air. Finally, what was left behind was a delicate, small, white flower that slowly fell onto the surface of the experiment desk.

This exclusive seal removal technique was something that Leylin had obtained from the contribution hall. If he used other magic spells to forcefully remove the seal, though he would be able to effectively remove the seal, the aftermath would be that the material sealed within the crystal would also have perished.

Leylin scrutinised this ancient and precious ingredient.

The Void Hallucination Flower was a very delicate existence; it was the size of a quail egg. Moreover, some veins, like those on a leaf, appeared on the translucent surface of the flower.

This Void Hallucination Flower, the moment it was exposed to the air, it fell down and started to melt.

"This is truly a fragile thing. No wonder that it is now extinct on the entire south coast… "

Leylin muttered this as he used a pair of white tweezers, which he had prepared for such a situation, and quickly put the flowers inside a blue borneol beaker.

"The properties of the Void Hallucination Flower are very surreptitious. By blending it, one can form 43 different kinds of ingredients. Thus, it was a popular major ingredient of many of the ancient potions…"

Leylin mumbled, and seeing the continuously dissolving white flower inside the beaker, the corners of his mouth curved into a smile.

"Patrolling troops at the Headquarters? What is the position?"

Leylin gaped in amazement at Caesar. After a busy evening within the lab, He had just come out for a well-deserved rest, when he saw the Magus Caesar.

Caesar's face was all smiles. The vertical third eye in between his brows, which emitted a furtive radiance now appeared to be gentle.

"This was a position personally drafted for you by Chairman Reynold!" Caesar laughed and gave an explanation.

"You know, during wartime, Four Seasons Garden's rule is that the elders have the authority to set up new posts and this Head of the Patrol of the Headquarters is one which Lord Reynold has specially endorsed for you, Leylin. In theory, in the Eternal River Plains' secret plane, regardless of the headquarters, every branch and hunting zone's magicians all will be under your supervision…"

"Is that so?" asked Leylin, expressing his skepticism.

This was clearly a troublesome task — it had no clear-cut authority, and only had supervisory power. It seems that in this post, he could manage everything, yet do nothing at the same time and also would be able to offend more people.

After all, all the leading Magi of every branch and every hunting zone were each powerhouses in their own right, how would they listen to orders given by a central supervisor?

It was obvious that this Reynold had thrown an annoying task towards him!

"Also…. before I came, Lord Reynold also made a private request!" After handing over the appointment letter to Leylin, Caesar brought up yet another matter.

"A private request? What is it about?"

Leylin looked alert; a rank 2 Magus was not someone his current self could contend against.

However, the current him, even if he is unable to defeat his opponent, he still had his means of escape and therefore, he was not particularly afraid.

"Lord Reynold is trying to find some time to talk to you. Of course, this will be private, and is not an order!"

Seeing that although Leylin was beginning to get nervous but still managed to appear calm, a flash of amazement appeared in Caesar's eyes which he quickly suppressed. He meant to convey this to Lord Reynold.

"A lengthy conversation?" Leylin's heart throbbed.

It seemed that his recent chain of high-profile actions finally came to the attention of this rank 2 Magus.

However, this was also a part of his plan; thus Leylin nodded and said, "Certainly! I can meet with Lord Reynold. It is my honor to do so…"

"That is good! I shall immediately go and make some arrangements!" Lord Reynold was the overall commander for Four Seasons garden within the Eternal River Plains' secret plane. He handled numerous matters every day and if it were not for Leylin having performed such a meritorious deed, he would not have had the opportunity to see him.

And this time, the meeting was of a private nature, there were many protocols for this. But Leylin need not pay attention to all this; Caesar could arrange for the time and when Caesar calls him, he could go to meet Lord Reynold.

"Thank you very much!" Leylin gave a nod of thanks.

"Don't mention it! It is nothing!" With his face full of smiles, Caesar, very quickly, left.

Seeing Caesar disappear into the horizon and finally vanish from his sight, Leylin appeared more and more solemn.

Finally, his expression turned as dark as ominous clouds.

This Reynold, a rank 2 Magus, now seemed to him like a mountain, extending as far as he could see.

"Everything will soon begin!" Leylin whispered…

Inside the merit points exchange centre.

"Hallo, Sir! May I ask if you need to do any transaction?"

Behind a transparent glass window, an employee asked Leylin.

Through the glass, Leylin could see shelves all over, covered with all kinds of precious objects and high-grade information. There were even many magic artifacts and single-use-only scrolls, and also some secret techniques used by Magi.

These secret techniques were the skills and application of spellcasting

These techniquescould, often, only be learned by official Magi. After having successfully learned them, they could be used to temporarily increase the magic power, or increase the might of a magic spell to the maximum and the sort.

Leylin had viewed them as the next best thing after high-level meditation techniques.

Even if a Magus's degree of elemental essence conversion was sluggish, he could use these secret techniques and increase his magic power. This was no different to increasing the elemental essence conversion.

"Unfortunately, this was only an exterior item. The body's own strength is the most important!"

But even if the elemental essence conversion and secret techniques can amplify the magic power, this also depended on the original might of the magic spell.

The foundation was sturdy and the growth rate was high; it was the most useful for a peak rank 1 Magus!

If the foundation was not good enough, no matter how high the growth rate was, they would not be able to beat another Magus with a low elemental essence conversion but solid foundation.

All in all, among the spells that increase amplification, the most specialized magic spells can only amplify the basic power by 40%.

And the most amplified power of elemental essence conversion was not greater than approximately 90%.

Be it whatever type of amplification spells, up till now, Leylin hadn't seen any which was capable of providing a 100% or more of power. It was as if there was an invisible wall blocking the steps of the majority of the Magi.

"I am the new Patrolling Inspector from the Headquarters! I believe there is a problem here with the transactions."

Leylin took out the recently received appointment letter and flashed it at the employee. The magical radiance on the letter was a characteristic of a rank 2 Magus and caused a blinding pain to the employee.

"My Lord…."

The employee was dumbfounded; after all this position was really bizarre. It could inspect any activities but in reality, the authority to actually execute anything was not that powerful.

While stalling Leylin, the employee pushed a red button located under the desk.

Leylin noticed this small act, but he smiled and did not do anything about it.

"My Lord! Our transactions here are completely equitable and in keeping with the laws, and it is definitely not …."

While the employee was still explaining to Leylin, a translucent shadow took form in front of Leylin.

"I am Bill! I am in charge of the transaction of merit points. Do you have any problem, the new patrolling inspector, Lord Leylin?"

The shadow's face, on the exterior, looked to be about 50-60 years old, a male. He wore an eyepiece on one eye, and his hair was combed carefully and well-groomed and he wore a dark red colored formal robe, which did not have even a minute crease upon it.

This image caused Leylin to recall the land surveyors and gem appraisers of his previous world.

And, the fact that he knew Leylin's identity so fast show this in-charge Bill's capabilities of gathering intelligence and his wide network.

"I have my doubts that the exchanges here and the permissions. I need to examine …" Leylin stated this matter-of-factly.

He deeply understood this authority he owned had an expiry date tagged to it.

It was all the more so, especially when it was a predestined rebellion.

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Swindling

From this inessential role that Reynold had assigned him as the Headquarters' Patrolling Inspector, Leylin could tell that Reynold had designs on him.

Even if it had nothing to do with the suspicion of him being a dark Magi, the fact that he increased his strength so quickly had caused Reynold to be wary of him.

In this situation, no matter how hard he tried to keep himself low-key, it was useless.

Since it was like this, why should he not use that bit of power he possessed and gain some benefits?

After all, before Reynold officially stripped him of his role, his cover as the Patrolling Inspector at the headquarters was still able to intimidate a great number of people. For instance, like this man in front of him, at the merit points exchange centre!

"Are you trying to tarnish my reputation?"

Upon hearing this, the face of the apparition called Pierre darkened, eyes seemingly producing crimson rays.

"No… Not tarnishing it. This is just the usual procedural checks!" Leylin smiled gently.

The instant the words left his mouth, a ring of energy particles exploded between him and Pierre.

Rumble!*

Though the two of them had tried their best to suppress the excess waves of energy from their battle, they still attracted the attention of several Magi bystanders.

Pierre took several steps back before re-balancing himself, revealing a shocked expression on his face, "A peak rank 1 Magus! Seems like "Metal Lunatic" Marb really did die by your hands!"

This information had been proved right before him, and he could do little but be in shock.

Just from that short fight, Leylin had revealed a strength that could rival a peak rank 1 Magus!

Based on the information he had gathered, Pierre was almost sure that the Metal Lunatic Marb of the Lilytell family had most certainly died at Leylin's hands.

Goodness! Even Pierre himself was but a peak rank 1 Magus.

A peak rank 1 Magus, Marb, had died at the hands of Leylin. In a situation where a rank 2 Magus did not make his move, a peak rank 1 Magus was already the strongest in the south coast. It was rare that they were taken down. Furthermore, it was only because it had been only a short time since Marb had died so the news did not travel far yet. Otherwise, this would cause a huge commotion in the south coast.

Pierre, who was aware of this news, was even more fearful of Leylin.

"What do you want?" Pierre did not look good.

"Nothing much. I'm just thinking…" Leylin's voice went so soft to the point that he simply closed his mouth and transmitted a message.

Upon hearing his transmission, Pierre's face changed, first flushing as if he had been humiliated to the extreme, and then turning into a look of pondering.

Moments later, Pierre raised his head and glanced at the Magi nearby.

Due to the strange actions by Leylin and him, they had attracted the attention of many surrounding Magi and acolytes. This caused him to come to his final decision.

"This isn't entirely impossible. Come with me!"

The apparition called Pierre disappeared, leaving behind red energy particles turning into various signs that showed him the way.

Upon seeing this, Leylin grinned.

He was aware that even amongst the light Magi, there weren't that many people who were incorruptible.

At the merit points exchange centre, it was a trading place where one could obtain the most profits. It was definitely not a place free of bribery, but if Leylin really wanted something from this place, it would be his last day with his current role as Patrolling Inspector.

However, he had not forced the other party to do anything. He had merely pointed out a few of his requirements and resulted in the other person making a concession.

Uncaring of the strange looks from the Four Seasons Garden Magi, Leylin followed the signs came to a house behind the exchange centre.

In front of the door, a Magus who looked just like the apparition was already in wait. The one who appeared, this time, was a real body, rather than an apparition.

"You're here!" Pierre's face was dark.

Of course, regardless of who it was, nobody would be in a good mood if someone came up and tried to take advantage of them.

"Hn!" Leylin briefly nodded his head and did not speak further.

Pierre gave Leylin a meaningful look as if trying to inscribe his appearance to memory, "Come with me!"

Next, without waiting for Leylin, he simply stalked off. Leylin rubbed his nose, and with a smile he followed.

On the way, various seals and defensive layers were seen everywhere, but with Pierre, who was familiar with this area, it was obviously a smooth sailing.

Ka-cha!*

Pierre produced a black copper key and opened a large door, which was full of runes on the surface.

Rumble!* In an instant, the sparkles of various treasures and crystal balls, as well as the smells of many precious ingredients filled Leylin's eyes.

In front of him was an impressive, huge storage warehouse. Various precious resources were placed in front of him, so much so that it seemed they were endless.

"With my authority, I can only open this secondary warehouse to you. Also, I can give you a 40% discount. That is the bottom line!"

Pierre was resolute. From his wounded expression, it was obvious that these were his limits. Hence, Leylin did not press on.

"Alright, alright! I won't be too difficult to you."

Leylin spoke without sincerity and walked into the warehouse.

The way Leylin treated this place like it was his own home had Pierre grinding his teeth in annoyance, but he did not dare say anything else.

To be honest, there was something here that would result in him being apprehended if it was ever found out. He would be stripped of his position and would even face punishment.

Compared to this, letting Leylin taking advantage of the situation wasn't much.

Leylin walked past piles of potions and ingredients that were worth thousands of merit points, looking rather calm.

For him, there were very few items that he coveted.

In addition, what he was in urgent need of were methods to increase his battle power. Hence, a few offensive techniques were of more value to him.

Leylin's footsteps did not stop until he came to the side of a wooden frame with an intellectual crystal ball on it.

"Research" "Experiments" "Secret techniques"

At the side of the frame, there were all sorts of detailed inscriptions that recorded all sort of intellectual-type information and what they included, making it easier for Leylin to search through.

He came in front of the column that had secret techniques.

"High energy Eagle Eye!" "Dog nose transformation!" "Liver transplantation!" "Fire elemental negative energy layering spell!"

All sorts of secret techniques, with some that even Leylin had not heard of, were displayed before him. He was almost getting dizzy with the sheer amount there was.

"Excuse me! Can you deactivate the defense formation? I want to take a look at the content!"

Though Leylin sounded apologetic, his actions were nothing but that.

"You…" Pierre was speechless but still headed over, fished out a token from his robes and flashed it at the frame.

Weng!*

A milky-white magical light was emitted from the token, and soon after, the spell defense formation around the frame deactivated.

"With my authority, you'll at most be able to see the first one-third of the contents. Any more than that and the spell formation will start working again, and I have no way to do anything about that…" Pierre spread his hands while he explained.

"That's enough!" Leylin nodded, taking the information that recorded the way to have eagle's eyes and sped through it.

On the surface, he was skimming over the crystal ball and trying to find the information he wanted, but in actuality, the A.I. Chip was hard at work in his brain, recording down all the information he read through.

There he only had access to a third of the information, this was already enough for the A.I. Chip. Based on that, it could deduce the rest of the information. It was just a matter of time.

Half an hour later, Leylin had already looked through all the information in the intellectual crystal ball. The A.I. Chip had benefited greatly as well, having recorded down a lot of precious information.

"Give me this projective technique, Dire bear transmutation and bloodline modulation theory!"

Of course, the A.I. Chip was not able to infer all information in its entirety. Behind the clauses that the A.I. Chip came up with, there was a list of ingredients that could not be deduced.

Leylin looked around and, based on his needs, asked for a few more items.

"Not counting the miscellaneous items, the total comes to a thousand merit points! With the discount, it is 600 merit points!"

With this, he was able to save 400 merit points. Even if the team leader Caesar were to come, Leylin estimated that he would at most get a discount of 20%.

However, he had been able to get a 40% discount on any of the items in this treasure house!

"And this, this… that… give me one of all that!"

Leylin very quickly spent the 1500 merit points he had just obtained.

Hours later, Leylin left the area under Pierre's gaze as if he had met a calamity.

"What a great harvest!" Leylin rubbed his sack that was full to the brim and sighed in contentment.

"If only I could come here once a day!"

Leylin was aware that this was just delusional thought.

If he did this once more, it would backfire on him and result in a huge counter attack from those who had a vested interest in the items. He was so arrogant, and that was only because he had no intentions of sticking around in Four Seasons Garden.

If not, in a light Magi organisation, this would cause public anger. There were plenty of ways to kill him!

"After fishing up all the benefits from the merit points exchange centre, there's still somewhere else…"

Looking at the vast Eternal River Plains' secret plane and the steady stream of Magi constantly entering, his lips twitched and he began to give a bright smile.

Days later, tales of Leylin were spread throughout.

"Metal Terminator!" "Greedy Dragon!" These were his newest nicknames.

Metal Terminator referred to his battle achievement of killing off the Metal Lunatic, Marb! It was in this battle that Leylin had openly killed a peak rank 1 Magus, thus setting the foundation for his reputation as a powerhouse.

As for 'Greedy Dragon', this referred to the series of 'robbing' activities he had done without restraint.

Whether it was at the merit points exchange centre, the defense team, garrison, and even a few Magi divisions and zones, they had all been places he had pillaged and extorted from shamelessly!

To be honest, the greediness of Magi truly exceeded his expectations. In all the areas he had checked on, none were upstanding people.

No matter how well the accounts had been done, with the terrifying abilities of the A.I. Chip, nothing escaped his eye.

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Using the Solvent

Under the circumstances, each division could do little but pinch their noses in distaste while they did as Leylin wanted. However, his reputation had gone straight to the gutters and had gained him the reputation of 'least welcomed' at all divisions.

To be honest, when he had first received news of this, Leylin was a little surprised but found it very amusing.

In the Magus world, strength was to be respected. Reputation wasn't entirely useless, but it only applied to those within the same ranks of strength.

As long as he continued to improve his strength, after he advanced to become a rank 2 Magus, these people would stick onto him like dogs, wagging their tails and lamenting that they had not let Leylin taking more advantage of them.

"Magus Leylin! Greedy Dragon! Lord Reynold would like to see you tomorrow at 7pm. Please be prepared."

Caesar expressionlessly announced in front of Leylin and left.

"This is a little earlier than expected. Have I finally angered the heavens?" Leylin laughed without fear.

He did not take his position as the patrolling inspector seriously, and on top of that, he had been doing all sorts of things. It was no surprise that all of the Four Seasons Garden viewed him as an enemy and opposed him.

If he did not make any preparations, he was going to die!

This was definite. After all, Leylin himself was not completely innocent, and investigations would spell his downfall.

In addition, the inheritance from the Great Magus Serholm would definitely attract the attention of rank 2 Magi!

In the Magus World, there were all sorts of spells that could be used to detect lies and test one's spirit.

The reason the Magi here did not use them was because they were light Magi and did everything in sequence. However, this was wartime! Everything was about power. Furthermore, there were also a lot of mysteries about Leylin.

Currently, if any of these spells were used against him, he wouldn't even have the chance to explain himself!

Actually, Leylin had long since suspected that the Four Seasons Garden had discovered his activities with the dark Magi. Though he left no proper evidence, there might have still been some traces left behind.

If not, why would he, a high-level potion master who was young, talented, and sure to be held in high regard wherever he went, be assigned to this place to fight?

"But this is enough."

Leylin's lips quirked in a slight smile.

He had already been mentally prepared to be found out. After all, Magi had too many unknown methods, and he had no way to guard against everything.

Being able to have up to 2 years and allow his bloodline to transition, as well as being able to accumulate a large amount of resources and knowledge, had Leylin feeling quite satisfied.

"It looks like it's time to fall out with them!"

Leylin looked apathetic. Theoretically speaking, he was the one who had betrayed the Four Seasons Garden, but this was for his own sake! For benefits! To chase his dreams! He was not going to turn back from this route.

"Alright! I'll use this!" Leylin turned over to the palm of his hand, revealing a well-preserved test tube in his right palm.

Within the test tube was a grey solvent. It was a type of grey that people would find disgusting, and just a glance at it would cause one to feel dizzy.

"The solvent of the Nefarious Filthbird's feathers! Tests have been conducted on it. In order to break away from Four Seasons Garden and perhaps even become enemies, it's necessary to dispel the constraints of the contract witnessed by the Trial's Eye!"

Leylin stared hard at the test tube in his hand, looking unusually excited.

He snapped his fingers, and in an instant, the room was shrouded in a layer of faint yellow light. Leylin then carefully removed the covering from the mouth of the test tube.

Tsss!* A grey gas floated out of the test tube, and upon contact with the air, the solvent of the Nefarious Filthbird's feathers produced innumerable tiny bubbles and began to evaporate violently.

"Ugh!" Leylin pinched his nose tightly. "What a terrifying stench!"

He had taken in just a small breath, yet he was already on the verge of fainting from the smell. It was just too stinky! Even with his vitality of over 20, it was almost unbearable for him.

The Nefarious Filthbird was originally a congelation of all of the filthy things in the world, and its feathers held traces of its filthiness.

In actuality, the solvent made from the feathers did not get its power from the feathers themselves, but from the projection of the Nefarious Filthbird's strength onto this part of its body!

The ancient Nefarious Filthbird was an existence that was the archenemy of the Trial's Eye! Not only had their battles affected the Magus World, it also several other large-scale areas.

There were traces of them present everywhere in legends and myths.

"Filth! Chaos! How did these characteristics come about, and how did they work?"

A curiosity that could not be concealed appeared in Leylin's eyes. Whether it was the chaotic characteristic of the Nefarious Filthbird or the fairness of the Trial's Eye, they were very much different from the spells in the Magus World. They were more like a type or regulation, which gave Leylin the strongest urge to find out even more.

Magi usually liked to research on all types of strange phenomenon and strengths, as well as to try to find ways to make that power theirs.

In terms of trying to chase after the truth, Magi were similar to the researchers and scientists in Leylin's previous world.

"It's a pity that this sort of thing can only be approached by those who are at least Morning Star Magi!"

Whether it was the Trial's Eye or the Filthy Bird, both could traverse through the entire world and weave through terrifying beings. Their existence surpassed that of normal beings, and they had entered a level that Leylin could not hope to even reach for, much less understand.

The current Leylin wasn't even an ant to them; he was probably a little smaller than a speck of dust.

Even if he wanted to offer sacrifices and summon them, he would only see an apparition that lacked power. It wasn't possible to explore and find out more about them.

Even though Leylin was a little disappointed, what he felt was, even more, the kindling of fire and a stronger desire within.

"One day! One day, I'll reach the peak of the Magus World and make people take note of the other great existences, and chase after the truth and eternity they hold…"

Tsss!*

After the volatile grey solvent in the test tube finished its reaction, Leylin's body was engulfed by grey mist.

This mist was unbearably smelly, causing Leylin to feel suffocated.

The grey mist seemed to have a life of its own as it climbed onto Leylin's skin as if trying to find ways to enter his body.

Rumble!*

Leylin suddenly felt faint, and his expression changed.

Pak! Pak! Pak!* As if provoked, several apparitions of the Trial's Eye appeared on his body.

These apparitions were mostly only the size of his thumb, and the biggest was as big as his fist. There were a few mysterious threads connected to it that winded around Leylin.

"The power of regulation?" Leylin extended his right hand, trying to touch those threads.

Unsurprisingly, his hands went straight through the threads as if they were thin air.

"These must be the threads from the contract and regulations! The small Trial's Eye represents the agreement I had with the old witch, while the largest one is the contract I made that was witnessed by the rank 2 Magus, Reynold!"

The largest Trial's Eye had the thickest threads and was inseparably close to Leylin's body.

Some part of him gave him the idea that if he went against the contract, these lines would break, and it would end in a result he did not want to even think about.

Tssss tssss!*

After witnessing the apparitions of the Trial's Eye, the fluctuations from the grey mist became more intense. Through an unknown channel, a mysterious piece of information was transmitted to Leylin.

"One feather solvent can only dissolve one contract?" Leylin nodded, and spoke in the ancient Byron language, "I choose this one!" He pointed at the largest Trial's Eye.

Not only was the ancient Byron language the basis of spellcasting, it even held a mysterious power that allowed all beings with spirits to be able to understand its intended meaning from its words. Hence, it was a language used throughout the Magus world and in other places.

Chi chi!*

After receiving Leylin's answer, the grey mist quickly became denser, and the chirps of a bird were sounded in the middle.

The coarse chirps of this bird were was extremely unpleasant to hear, like the bawling of a woman.

Along with the chirps, the grey mist spread out two wings and turned into a faint, large grey bird in the mist.

"Is this the actual body of the ancient Nefarious Filthbird?" Leylin carefully took down the Filthy Bird's appearance. However, with the hindrance of the mist, besides the bird's main appearance, nothing else could be clearly made out.

"Judgement!" "Judgement!" "Judgement!" "Judgement!"

At this moment, as if provoked by the Nefarious Filthbird, the Trial's Eye image on the surface of Leylin's body began to vibrate.

Small bolts of lightning were produced around the Trial's Eye, the void crackling around them as sounds of sacrificial hymns sounded out.

The Trial's Eye in the middle immediately expanded several times, powerful undulations overflowing as it tried to break through the void to borrow a bit of power from its original body.

"Chii!"

The giant bird in the grey mist extended its wings, where large amounts of grey-black mist emanated.

Filth! Chaos!

Leylin felt dizzy again and was almost unable to tell where he was.

"Chi Chi!" The grey-black mist and blue electric currents tried to devour each other, and eventually perished together.

However, it was obvious that there was much more mist than blue lightning, and in a few seconds, it was in an advantageous position.

"Chi Chi!"

Under the shroud of mist, the Trial's Eye shook wildly and even stopped all attempts at contacting its original body.

At this moment, the large bird in the grey mist soared into the air, and like a predator hunting for food swooped down from midair!

Pop!*

With a peck from its grey beak, the apparition of the largest Trial's Eye was pecked out.

Ka-cha!* *Ka-cha!* *Ka-cha!* The threads that connected Leylin and the Trial's Eye were snapped in twain.

As the threads snapped, Leylin felt his body slouch in relief, with even his spirit feeling a sense of freedom, as if a weight had been taken off of his mind.

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Meeting

"These thin threads must represent my contract with the Four Seasons Garden! Now that they're completely broken, it must mean that I've destroyed my contract with the Four Seasons Garden."

A hint of glee appeared on Leylin's face.

Having destroyed his side of the contract, he could reap a lot of benefits! Leylin was now no longer under the constraints of the contract and was free to do anything that might harm the Four Seasons Garden, including brazenly killing their members.

As for Reynold, who represented the Four Seasons Garden, and was the one who Leylin had made a contract with, he had to abide by the regulations stated in the contract. Without evidence, he would not be able to do anything against Leylin!

Also, this method of destroying his end of the contract would not alert Reynold. This was one of the special chaotic characteristics of the Nefarious Filthbird.

Rumble!*

The Nefarious Filthbird, which was hovering in mid-air, swallowed the Trial's Eye down its beak! Leylin could even see a round protrusion at the Nefarious Filthbird's neck, travelling down and into its abdominal area.

"Chi chi!" After swallowing a Trial's Eye, the Nefarious Filthbird made joyful screeches and transmitted a message to Leylin.

"Trial's Eye will eventually perish, and chaos will remain eternal!"

"More! More summons! I will wipe all traces of the Trial's Eye from you!"

Little pieces of information were transmitted to Leylin and were transformed into a form that Leylin could understand.

"I will do so!" Leylin bowed deeply. Though he had no idea if the other party could really understand his actions, Leylin still had to remain polite on a superficial level.

The Nefarious Filthbird nodded in a very human way and produced a long, loud cry.

Amidst its terrifying, ear-piercing screeches, the Nefarious Filthbird's body exploded into the grey mist.

The grey colour of the mist gradually faded into the air.

At the same time, Leylin could feel the chaotic attribute that had been surrounding him ever since he had opened the test tube, dissipating.

The Trial's Eye was an existence on the same level as the Nefarious Filthbird! Without the chaotic power that the solution automatically let out, which isolated the area, the probing from the Trial's Eye and the transmissions to Leylin would long since have attracted the Trial's Eye here.

After the Nefarious Filthbird vanished, Leylin sensed some changes within his body.

His contract with Four Seasons Garden was now completely destroyed. Other contracts with the Trial's Eye were still there, but they had no reaction, as though nothing had happened.

"The power of chaos is amazing! The ancient Nefarious Filthbird is truly the mortal enemy of the Trial's Eye! I wonder how the dark Magus behind Giant managed to obtain this solution."

Leylin murmured to himself.

In the south coast, contracts made with the Trial's Eye were very common. They were very trustworthy, and there were almost no cases of them being tampered with.

Besides, the feathers of the ancient Nefarious Filthbird had become extinct over a thousand years ago.

Hence, even Reynold would not imagine that Leylin would use this method to break away from the constraints of the contract.

"This power is truly terrifying!"

Leylin could not help but raise the status of Thousand Meddling Hands in his heart, in awe of the ability of this dark Magus organisation to procure a solution that was already extinct.

"But even in the organisation, there shouldn't be a lot of this solution…" Leylin was quite sure about this. If not, the Thousand Meddling Hands would have used it a long time ago and wreaked havoc upon the south coast.

Night descended. Though they were within the secret plane, the moonlight was still bright, making it no different from the external world.

At this moment, a black figure donning a cloak that covered his face sneakily crept into Four Seasons Garden's camp and constantly moved towards the outer areas.

Chila!*

At a place where there was a devilish tree that was somehow divided into three parts, the black figure stopped and lit his hand up with crimson flames.

"You're finally here!"

The surface devilish tree twisted for a moment, and a man's face appeared on the bark. It suddenly opened his mouth and spoke to the Magus, "Come down from here!"

Tsssla!*As the wooden face spoke, a huge hole opened up at the roots of the devilish tree and revealed a pitch-black passageway.

The Magus nodded and quickly walked down.

Boom!* After his figure disappeared into the passageway, the entrance immediately closed and the human face vigilantly surveyed the area, before disappearing back into the tree trunk.

It became peaceful once more as if nothing had happened.

The passageway was very long, and this Magus walked for about ten minutes before he reached the end.

At the end was a huge basement, the surroundings of which flickered with yellow earth magic. It most likely had been made very recently.

In the spacious basement, there was the vague form of a giant with great amounts of green fog floating around him. Upon seeing the Magus, he seemed to smile. "You're here!"

"Hn!" The Magus nodded and pushed back the hood to reveal a handsome young face.

Black hair, elegant face, fair skin, and eyes that gave off a devilish glint.

Just by standing there, he was able to give off a strange charm.

This person was, of course, Leylin. His eyebrows were currently furrowed because nothing good could be happening if Giant chose this moment to summon him here.

At the same time, Leylin's nostrils flared.

"Did you receive a lot of guests just now? I seem to sense the aura of many familiar people…"

Giant looked at Leylin with some surprise. "Yes! They're all our comrades from the Thousand Meddling Hands. I'd already wiped off all traces of them, but you were actually able to notice! Looks like the rumours out there aren't wrong, and you're already a peak rank 1 Magus!"

Giant glanced at Leylin with some apprehension in his eyes. "Looks like our leader's initial choice to attract you into entering our organisation was a right one!"

Leylin only gave a mysterious smile in reply.

After the second bloodline transition, he could feel that the quality of his body constantly increasing. Even a few of his organs seemed to have awoken from a deep sleep and obtained many miraculous abilities.

Though these abilities were of no help to him in battle, they could usually exhibit surprising effects at unexpected moments.

"Looks like you're planning something grand!" Leylin looked Giant straight in the eye.

From what he had sensed, Giant had actually called out all of the elites of the Thousand Meddling Hands.

Getting in contact with him was a huge risk, and he had even gotten Leylin to enter the inner circle of the Four Seasons Garden. It was easy to tell what Giant had planned to do.

"Hehe! That's not my plan, but the idea from the Lord behind me!" Giant brought up the rank 2 dark Magus behind the Thousand Meddling Hands once again.

"So, the feathers of the Nefarious Filthbird are rather useful, yes?" Giant asked.

"I've used them!" Leylin lifted his brows. "If there's anything you want to say, say it!"

"Alright! Our target, this time, is the resource warehouse in the Eternal Plains' secret plane that the Four Seasons Garden is in charge of!" Giant told him their goal without beating around the bush.

"This time, not only will our members go all-out on this mission, even the Lord behind us will make his move at opportune times."

Leylin's face twitched slightly at this news, but he accepted this peacefully.

In the Four Seasons Garden, there was Reynold, who was at least a rank 2 Magus, taking charge! If there wasn't an opponent with a similar level of power to attract the brunt of the assault, the invading dark Magi would just be committing suicide no matter how many of them there were!

"Alright. What's my mission?" Leylin inquired.

"Good!" Giant pointed his thumb upwards. "Your mission is simple. The time we make our move is tomorrow night at 7. Reynold is planning on seeing you, right?"

Giant spoke matter-of-factly, but this made Leylin's heart turn cold.

For him to know about even this, there must have been other spies from the Thousand Meddling Hands in the Four Seasons Garden!

But putting your hands on everything will only expose your own identity! Leylin smirked inside.

Giant had not noticed any abnormalities in Leylin and was still speaking, "At that time, we will lead Reynold away. Your mission is to pass through a spell formation inside his office and activate this spell design."

As he spoke, he passed a fist-sized red crystal to Leylin.

Pak!* Leylin firmly caught the red crystal.

"What is this spell design?" The interior of the red crystal was laden with tiny runes. When the runes connected together, they looked like a gold liquid constantly flowing inside the crystal.

Though the A.I. Chip had never recorded such runes before, Leylin was sure that this was a spell design specially catered to a specific spell formation or artifact.

After all, how could something Reynold had placed in his own office and was personally protecting, be anything simple?

"It's just a regular spell design to lift a seal!" It was obvious that Giant did not want to explain any further.

Leylin stared at the Giant for a long, long time, and then spoke. "You want me to do something in the area where the Four Seasons Garden has the tightest defense, which is a rank 2 Magus' office. Are you trying to get me killed?"

As he spoke, Leylin's eyes turned into an amber hue.

A powerful spiritual force with a depthless darkness quickly descended upon the area!

Bloodlust and terror! Spiritual force that carried dense elemental particles with it formed a phantom of a black, giant serpent, which glided around Giant. Its eyes were fixated on Giant, as if it was looking for a place for it to sink its teeth into.

"Such an imposing aura and such bloodlust! How many people has he actually killed?"

Giant's heart went cold. He himself wasn't any good person and had taken the lives of countless people. However, compared to such a cold-blooded and strong bloodlust, he was still on a lower level than this person!

What made Giant even more shocked was that Leylin's spiritual force had already reached an amount that only peak rank 1 Magi possessed. He might have even surpassed Giant himself!

"He actually dares to attack here!"

Gazing into Leylin's ice-cold pupils, Giant's heart suddenly chilled, feeling as if his opponent knew all of his secrets.

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