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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Enchantment

"Don't worry, we won't abandon you!"

Giant tossed a detailed map that had a route marked out in red to Leylin.

"After completing your mission, follow this route, and you'll definitely be able to leave safely before any other Magi find out. The Lord behind us will divert Reynold's attention, and we'll provide support as well."

Giant spoke calmly, even going out of his way to mention the rank 2 dark Magus supporting Thousand Meddling Hands. It was obvious that he was trying to threaten Leylin.

Leylin was silent for a while. "I will try…"

If it was much too dangerous, he wasn't going to risk his life for this organisation!

"Alright! You'll find that this is a very simple and effortless mission!" Giant smiled, "After finishing this, you can rejoin us as a dark Magi! How about it? Which academy or organisation do you want to join? Just tell me."

Leylin shook his head. He had no such plans yet, and he still did not entirely trust Giant's words.

If one was not shrewd when dealing with dark Magi, it was certain that they would be taken advantage of so thoroughly that every last bone of theirs will be gobbled!

"Alright! To ensure that things go well, you will need to sign this!" Giant threw a black scroll to Leylin.

"Hm?" Leylin looked through the contents of the scroll and was amazed. "A Trial's Eye contract? After I have taken the solvent of the Nefarious Filthbird's feathers, you still dare to use this?"

"This is a special contract that the Lord behind us specifically made for you!" Giant pointed out, emphasizing the last three words. "Also, that solution was the very last one in our organisation. If you can find another, we can only blame it on our bad luck."

It looked like he was quite confident about this.

"Hehe… in that case, you're the first person who dares to do something like this!" Leylin scrutinized Giant and smirked.

At the same time, the phantom giant serpent suddenly opened its mouth wide and bit towards Giant!

Rumble!*

As it neared Giant, the phantom giant serpent suddenly collapsed and turned into a mass of shadow, slamming against Giant's green fog and producing the sound of waves crashing on the shore.

"Haha… I was just cracking a joke! I'm but a regular member in the Thousand Meddling Hands, so how would I dare to pit myself against elders like you?"

A bright, gentle smile suddenly appeared on Leylin's expression!

"You'll become an elder soon enough! After this operation, I can nominate you!" Giant spoke after a moment's thought.

"In that case, thank you!"

Leylin lightly tapped on the scroll, and the imprint of a black snake instantly appeared on it.

Rumble!*

The apparition of the Trial's Eye gave Leylin the feeling that this was even more powerful than the one that Reynold had summoned the previous time.

Under its emotionless gaze, the scroll in Leylin's hands began to spontaneously combust.

Green flames enveloped the scroll.

The moment after the scroll completely burned up, a ray of light that represented the contract and its restrictions flew into Leylin's mind.

Afterwards, the apparition of the Trial's Eye automatically dispersed into the air.

He had skimmed through the contract. The only conditions were that he could not help the Four Seasons Garden; there weren't any harsh conditions. After all, they still needed his help and could not go overboard.

"It didn't detect traces of the acts of the Nefarious Filthbird?" Leylin wondered.

He then left the area without a word.

Only Giant was left standing quietly in the basement as if he was waiting for something.

Boom! Boom! Boom!*

Minutes later, Giant's body, which was covered in green fog, began to shudder violently, and the wall behind him suddenly exploded!

After the dust settled, a large portion of Giant's fog had dispersed, revealing a giant figure that was up to 2 metres tall.

"Crazy! That person's a lunatic!"

Giant murmured to himself and proceeded to laugh maniacally. "Haha… Good! Interesting! Things are getting more interesting!"

He then transformed into a green fog and drifted out of the area.

Behind him, the basement gave way and dust filled the air…

The next day, Leylin punctually arrived at Reynold's office at seven in the evening.

"Lord Reynold!" He knocked on the door gently.

"Come in!" From behind the door, Reynold's gentle voice was heard.

Leylin took in a deep breath and pushed the door open. Reynold was seated on a chair of vines, wearing a pair of spectacles as he drank a green beverage. Beside him was a little round table and a similar chair.

"Leylin, you're here! Take a seat!" Reynold pointed to the chair beside him.

"Many thanks!" Leylin bowed once more and sat near Reynold.

"Here! Try the juice of the Jaded Daro Flower! We're just having a private conversation now, so don't be too reserved!" Reynold seemed just like a hospitable old man.

As if a little embarrassed, Leylin gave a slight smile and drank from the cup on the table.

The refreshing scent of nature pervaded his taste buds and extended throughout his four limbs. Leylin felt as if warm water was rinsing his body and making him feel rejuvenated.

"How is it? It tastes pretty good, right?" Reynold asked with anticipation.

"The collections of an elder like yourself are pretty good!" Leylin praised sincerely.

"Haha…" Like a child who had received a compliment, Reynold laughed aloud brightly.

"Here, let us have a friendly chat. Leylin, you seem to be from the Chernobyl Islands right? I went there once when I was young. Resources are scarce in such a barren land, and it's lacking in Magi…"

Reynold was a very entertaining speaker, and he began to chat with Leylin about his past experiences.

As they spoke leisurely, time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, an hour had passed.

All of a sudden, Leylin suddenly smelt something very sweet.

"What is this?"

"It's a type of incense from the Wetland Gardens. It's said to be useful in replenishing one's spiritual force, and is a favourite of the Magi there."

Reynold explained lightly, his voice seemingly less and less discernible. A thread of silver spiritual force slowly extended.

Leylin's expression became slacker and he could feel his eyelids becoming heavier. He eventually fell asleep.

Seeing Leylin in a deep sleep, a smile appeared on Reynold's face.

He took off a ring on Leylin's hand and inspected it closely.

"Ring of Sobriety? Looks like it has a few other effects that can defend against probings! There are seven different potions smeared on it as well. Looks like you've prepared well, but it's a pity…"

Reynold glanced at Leylin with a victorious smirk.

"The juice of the Jaded Daro Flower, as well as the pollen from the Intoxicated Dragon Petals, are something even a rank 2 Magus might not be able to withstand. What use is a mere ring and potion?"

These two items were a special combination that Reynold had picked out specifically for Leylin. Some of them even had to be transported from the secret plane, and he had used up a portion of his allowance as the chairman to obtain the items.

This had delayed his plans and allowed Leylin to have the chance to wreak havoc in the Four Seasons Garden.

Of course, since he had paid such a huge price, the effects were superb.

A peak rank 1 Magus was an existence that even a rank 2 Magus like Reynold needed to be careful of! Also, these Magi also had special methods, and might have had a high resistance against hallucinations and enchantments. What was more troublesome was that Leylin was still a member of Four Seasons Garden, so without actual evidence, Reynold could not do anything that might have severe aftereffects.

As an experienced, veteran rank 2 Magus, this was not a problem for Reynold. Now, using a special concoction, he had made Leylin pass out.

In addition, these two ingredients were not harmful to the body, and at most, they would cause Leylin to faint. His resistance to hallucinatory magic would be temporarily lowered, but after this, his body would ultimately benefit in the long run. Hence, Reynold was not going against the contract with the Trial's Eye.

"Even so, the effects of this type of hallucinogen will not last for a long time. With his body, he'll awaken in about half an hour, so I have to be quick.

The vined chair under Reynold began to move until Reynold was right in front of Leylin.

"Open your eyes and look at me!"

Reynold spoke lightly, his voice having a strange effect that made one feel dazed.

As he spoke, silvery white rays of light shot out of his eyes. This was the appearance of the solidification of his spiritual force!

Upon hearing Reynold's words, Leylin's eyelids flickered and then opened.

"Your name?"

Reynold asked, the silvery white rays so intense that they seemed to be on the verge of piercing through Leylin's eyeballs.

"Leylin Farlier!"

"Where were you born? Do you have any relatives?"

……

The questions Reynold asked were quite simple at the beginning, and as time went on, he went deeper and increased the difficulty.

Soon enough, after tens of questions, he got into the heart of the matter.

"Why were you wanted by the Lilytell family?"

Reynold asked gently, with some tremors in his voice.

"It is because in order to obtain an inheritance from a ruin, I killed Bosain Lilytell!" Leylin answered in a dazed manner, unable to control the words that spilled out of his mouth.

"What inheritance?" The silver light in his eyes became more concentrated.

"An inheritance that contains incomplete information about the Branded Swordsmen! There's also a high-grade magic artifact." Leylin answered.

"Is that so?" Reynold shifted his glasses.

"Branded Swordsmen? A branch of the ancient Magi?" He sized up Leylin's body.

"A tall and strong body with some brands on the surface. It seems quite similar to the legends…"

As his vitality was amazingly high, the muscles on Leylin's body were now very obvious, and he had a terrifying amount of strength within. If he tried to impersonate a Grand Knight, nobody would doubt him.

"In that case, what is your relationship with the Thousand Meddling Hands?" Reynold came to the key question.

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Deceit

Rumble!*

Just as Reynold was using the illusionary spell to interrogate Leylin, a mighty energy wave fluctuation came from afar.

This fluctuation was so immense that even the buildings had mildly shook.

"What? A sneak attack?" Reynold stood up abruptly.

A layer of white light which seemed to be a communication device shone on his body in an instant.

"What's happening?" Reynold asked indifferently.

"It's the dark Magi! We suffered a sneak attack from the dark Magi! The first and second defense lines have already perished. We're currently at the third line of defense!"

From the communication device, the image of a fair-skinned burly bloke who had donned a military uniform was projected.

This was the leader of the defense team who was specially assigned to defend all of Four Seasons Garden. The expression on his face was wrought with fright and worry. It seemed that the dark Magi had placed him under great pressure!

A simple and tiny issue.

"I will mobilise the fighting and hunting teams to your area as soon as possible, you…" Reynold replied to the communicative device.

Suddenly, his face darkened.

Through the projection of the communication device, he could see a gigantic black hand land from the skies and mash the burly bloke between its fingers.

"Ah…" The burly, fair-skinned bloke cried out miserably as he produced large amounts of milky white flames.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

A large number of miserable looking faces appeared on the gigantic black hand, their mouths opening wide as they swallowed the milky white flames.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

The bone-chilling sounds of gnawing sounds were heard. After swallowing the white flames, they actually began to gnaw at the burly, fair-skinned man's body.

"Jejeje…"

In midair, solidified silver spiritual force appeared and formed a human face.

"Reynold, my old friend! Why aren't you coming to greet me?"

The face sneered.

Immediately after, the huge black hand swept the area and made a mess of the Four Seasons Garden's defensive line. Under the tyrannical abuse of a rank 2 Magus, the ordinary rank 1 Magi were as insignificant as ants.

Pak!* The armrest of Reynold's vined chair was kneaded until it broke.

Shua!* In a flash, he turned into a green figure and rushed out.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

After he left, his vined chair squirmed and constantly twisted, gradually turning into something that resembled a human. It stood by Leylin who was still unconscious as if keeping guard.

Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*

Huge undulations from the magic that were even more immense than before travelled over. This was an intense fight between two rank 2 Magi.

As they fought, they moved further and further away as if deliberately trying to avoid this area.

In Reynold's office.

All of a sudden, Leylin who had been unconscious, suddenly opened his eyes.

At that instant, his eyes turned amber.

Innate spell formation—Eye of Petrification!

The vined human that had been keeping watch over him immediately turned into a grey stone statue.

After his second bloodline transition, this spell and Kemoyin's Scales had evolved.

Leylin surveyed the area and stretched lazily, fixing the Ring of Sobriety that was on the round table back onto his finger.

"Though the process was a little unexpected, nothing bad happened."

Leylin's eyes were very clear. Where were the traces of him being caught in a hallucination?

Previously, Reynold had used a few ingredients and set up a trap, which had indeed cause him to fall into a hallucination.

But that was just for a moment. The power of the bloodline of the ancient being, the Giant Kemoyin Serpent, was flowing in his veins and devouring all external substances!

His vitality of over 25 degrees had made it easier for him to quickly come back to his senses.

At that time, Leylin had beat Reynold at his own game and pretended he was still in a daze, thus lowering Reynold's guard.

With the help of the A.I. Chip, his breathing, his body's situation, and waves of his spiritual energy had been feigned spectacularly, which even deceived Reynold.

All that nonsense about the Branded Swordsmen was obviously just that—lies. With the adjustments made by the A.I. Chip, making up runes was a simple matter.

Only now did Leylin have the time to really look at the rank 2 Magus Reynold's office.

Based on his interests, the office was made of plants. The bookcase and window, as well as the tables, chairs, and even a few strange books were all made of plants.

The entire setup was very clever and wasn't very big, giving off a cosy and tiny feeling.

"Where is the place at which I need to place the spell design for it to activate?" Leylin mumbled to himself, producing a scarlet crystal from his pocket.

The crystal now was emitting a bright red and was boiling hot.

"Is this… some sensing technique?

Leylin touched his chin, using the crystal to discern the direction in which he should be moving.

He eventually found out that when he pointed the crystal at Reynold's desk, it would emit the brightest light and be the hottest, to the point that he felt his hand was being burnt.

Following the crystal, he came before Reynold's desk.

This was a large green table with rings on it that indicated the age of a tree.

Weng Weng!*

At this moment, the crystal in Leylin's hand exploded in a ring of light and mysteriously hovered in the air.

"This is… a spell formation that is triggered automatically!" Leylin's eyes widened, and he pointed his right hand at the crystal, causing tendrils of black gas to crawl onto it like snakes.

Crash!*

Under the shine of the scarlet crystal, the dark green desk suddenly shook, and most of the papers, quill, ink and various items on top of it rolled off of the surface.

The surface kept squirming, and the various types of plants making up the table began to grow and extend.

Pak!* The green desk was split into two, and under these two parts, numerous plants grew and acted like little feet which scurried away.

In the place where the desk had been, there was now a huge pit.

In the heart of the pit was a huge sealing spell formation that was shining with all sorts of runes that were floating around.

On the surface of the spell formation, there were a few gaps. After making some comparisons, Leylin figured that the spot right at the middle could fit the red crystal.

"Classified information like this actually got out, and there was even a spell design specially made for this…" Leylin mumbled to himself.

All of a sudden, something strange happened!

The scarlet crystal that had been hovering in midair suddenly burst out into blood red flames, zooming like a fire arrow towards the part of the formation that was caved in.

In the crystal, there was a requirement that required it to make contact with the spell formation before it was activated.

Combined with Giant's obvious attempts at hiding the truth, Leylin could easily tell that it wouldn't be good if the crystal activated.

However, there was no sense of flustering on his expression. Rather, there was a profound look on his face.

"I've been waiting for this!" He reached forward with his right hand!

"Snake Binding!"

The little black snakes that had been crawling on the crystal immediately began to squirm and turned into a huge snake ball, securing the red crystal within.

Black gas pervaded the area, on the verge of concealing the red light the crystal was emitting.

Weng Weng!*

The red crystal constantly expanded, and Leylin seemed to hear a sound of unwillingness from within.

"As expected, there's even a backup plan! It's a pity…"

Leylin rapidly chanted incantations and sprinkled some light blue powder into the air.

"Freezing River!" As he finished the last syllable of the incantation, a light blue light surrounded the snake ball.

Tssss!* White threads of mist were produced, and on the surface of the snake ball, the white mist condensed and turned into a layer of thin ice.

The amount of ice became greater and greater, until, at the end, a thick layer of ice had been formed around the snake ball. The entire snake ball seemed like it had turned into a huge ball of ice.

The red rays of light that the crystal had been producing was now completely contained within.

As if it had lost its detection abilities, the large spell formation in the pit ceased its rumbling, and all sorts of runes ceased to move on the surface of the formation.

Shua! Shua! Shua!*

Three large ice pillars were like pylons, or perhaps chains, as they connected with the blue ball of ice.

"Hn! The power of this sealing spell formation is not half bad!" Leylin nodded in satisfaction.

This sealing spell formation was something he had gained from blackmailing Pierre at the Four Seasons Garden. It was definitely something worth being kept safely in the warehouse as it was quite effective. It looked like Pierre had not given him inferior items to go against him.

Leylin then shifted his attention to the spell formation that was caved in in the middle.

"A.I. Chip! Compare the runes on the spell design!"

A blue ray of light brightened in his eyes and shone straight at the spell formation.

A huge amount of data flashed past Leylin's eyes.

Countless runes and designs were currently being compared.

The red crystal from before was merely a key. The runes used on it were strange, and Leylin previously had no way to tell its function from the runes.

But now, both the key and the keyhole were here. Hence, he was able to make comparisons between the runes on both ends and tell the rough functions of the spell formation and crystal.

Seconds later, the A.I. Chip's conclusion appeared before Leylin.

"The part that's caved in is a sealing formation, and the crystal's function is to detonate?"

A cold look emerged on his face as Leylin read through the first two lines. "Very good, Giant! Just you wait!"

The A.I. Chip's robotic voice continued to intone.

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Scapegoat

[From the energy emitted by the spell formation, analysis shows that the probability of a body of consciousness residing in the spell formation is 78.9%.]

The A.I. Chip's conclusion was presented before Leylin.

"A body of consciousness?!" Leylin's eyes sparkled.

"Can you compare it with the database and find out what sort of body of consciousness it is?"

[Searching… Beep! There is no such information in the database. Comparing with Host body's existing memories…]

The A.I. Chip operated quickly.

Seconds later, a new conclusion was shown to Leylin: [The body of consciousness emits an aura that comes from the Eternal River Plains' secret plane. Determined to be a special being from the secret plane itself! Compatibility with large platinum gate of entrance to the secret plane: 67%.]

"Platinum gate?" Leylin's eyes widened, suddenly thinking back to the platinum gate that seemed like an ancient existence, right across from the headquarters. Incomplete spiritual force waves were emitted by the gate!

"From the looks of it, I'm afraid that the platinum door has already evolved to have its own intelligence. However, it was removed by Magi from Four Seasons Garden and sealed here. Hence, its spiritual force waves gave me such a strange feeling…"

Leylin slowly came up with the entire process that led to this result.

Though he had no idea why Four Seasons Garden sealed the consciousness of the entrance to the secret plane, there were only a few reasons that Leylin wasn't going to bother wondering about.

What he was more focused on was what would happen to the entrance to the secret plane if its consciousness was destroyed.

After all, the red crystal that Giant gave him was no unsealing spell design! Instead, it would control the spell formation as well as the consciousness within, and destroy them together!

"A.I. Chip! Simulate the consequences of the destruction of the secret plane's body of consciousness."

Leylin spoke quietly, his expression dark and dreadful.

[Beep! Mission established, beginning to compare with high-level patterns. Importing data…] The A.I. Chip intoned loyally.

After which, the result was placed before Leylin.

[Based on simulated experiments and remnants, if the body of consciousness is damaged, the possibility of the platinum gate being destroyed is 79.8%. Entrance will automatically close and be sealed shut. Another 15.2% chance of the opposite happening. The entrance will then become a public entrance and be open to any living beings… the last 5% possibility has unknown consequences!]

Leylin, who was silently reading the conclusion, suddenly understood everything.

The most important part in the battle for the Eternal River Plains' secret plane was the acquisition of the entrance. Seven entrances had been discovered, with four being controlled by the light Magi.

This control referred not only to the Magi army set up on the outer areas but also to a certain key that could control the opening and closing of the entrance!

From the looks of it, these keys referred to each gate's core body of consciousness!

"If I detonate this area, there's a large probability of Four Seasons Garden's entrance disappearing. The dark and light Magi will then hold the same number of entrances and there won't be any disadvantages when trying to take over the secret plane."

Leylin could easily tell the intentions of the dark Magi.

These Magi were planning to destroy the entrance here!

Gaining control of the entrance meant obtaining a large amount of land, plentiful resources, as well as a huge number of troops. Most importantly, the speed at which spoils of war were transported would be increased!

Light Magi currently held possession of four entrances. Whether in terms of the areas with radiation or potential battle power, they exceeded the dark Magi by a large margin. Hence, the dark Magi had to think of ways to make up for this handicap!

Even if this place was not destroyed, it was still necessary to rob this place from the light Magi. They would rather have this place become a public domain than let it be controlled by the light Magi!

"Shrewd! A very, very clever plan!"

Leylin, who had made sense of this whole situation, couldn't help but praise the person who had come up with this operation.

However, as the very last chess piece in this game, he was in a very difficult position.

If he destroyed the body of consciousness now, the gate to the secret plane would immediately be damaged and perhaps permanently lose its abilities. This may or may not be a good thing.

Leylin, who had completed this task, would be held in high regard by the dark Magi, but the light Magi would definitely not let him off so easily.

This was a decision that he needed to think through carefully. Just for that little bit of merit, was it actually worth it to offend the entire light Magi alliance?

"Is there still… a need to consider any further?"

Leylin's eyes brightened.

"From this crystal and the extremely opportune timing, it looks like there's someone in the shadows controlling everything. This person also has to have a high position in Four Seasons Garden, or else it'd be impossible for him to do this much… I'm almost sure of who it is! Once this operation is over, he'll be the one reaping the most benefits. I might even be labelled as a traitor and be chased to death, while he will get the most merits for everything…."

Leylin's lips quirked in a cold smile.

Since ancient times, a spy's position was the most difficult. Even if they succeeded, if the person who instigated the operation was not willing to tie up loose ends, the spy would be the one who would stand to lose the most!

Besides, compared to a lowly spy like him, there was another spy with a higher position, had been in Four Seasons Garden longer, and was an even more loyal choice.

If there were conflicts of interest between them, who would Thousand Meddling Hands choose? This was a rhetorical question.

Besides, the contract he had signed with Giant only specified that he could not help Four Seasons Garden, but the reason he was doing this was for his own benefit. With his own desire to get some benefits from Four Seasons Garden, it was evident that he would not suffer any backlash from going against the contract's terms.

Afraid that Leylin would not agree, Giant did not dare to make the conditions too strict. If the conditions stated that he had to destroy specific things, then Leylin would definitely investigate further and could decide not to sign the contract at all.

"Shatter!"

Leylin clenched his fist while facing the blue ball of ice!

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!" Countless shards of ice fell from the ice ball, and immediately after, innumerable cracks appeared on the surface of the ice ball.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!*

Finally, the entire light blue ball of ice cracked and along with it, the red crystal dispersed into powder.

This spell design that would cause the spell formation to implode was destroyed by Leylin, just like that!

Leylin had thought this through.

It was alright to betray Four Seasons Garden. At most, he would have become the enemy to one more organisation, but destroying the gate of the secret plane would mean offending the entire light Magi alliance!

The current Eternal River Plains' secret plane was a huge chunk of flesh that dark and light Magi alike were waiting for an opportunity to swallow into their stomachs!

The gate to the secret plane did not belong to just Four Seasons Garden, but the entire light Magi alliance! Four Seasons Garden was but one of the characters who would look over the entrance. The moment Leylin destroyed the entrance, all light Magi forces would lose their advantage in this battle!

Since ancient times, destroying a person's livelihood was akin to murdering one's own parents. For Magi, the secret plane was a huge gold mine where one could obtain a limitless amount of top grade materials! If he pitted himself against the light Magi like this, he would be chased to the ends of the earth and there would be no end to it!

On top of that, all of the light Magi powers would be working together to exterminate their enemy! The dangers of this operation were way above that of the times previously when he had gathered spirits and plundered brazenly!

In the south coast, light Magi were at the top. If the entire light Magi faction was against him, it was impossible for Leylin to stay alive. All he could do was find a deserted place and live a hermit's life.

If he had connections in the dark Magi alliance things would still be fine.

This operation would be a huge gain on the dark Magi's side, and based on his huge contribution, he would have a comfortable life with the dark Magi.

It was a pity that Leylin had entered Thousand Meddling Hands halfway through and was not as trustworthy. Otherwise, he would not have been deceived into doing this.

Besides that, he had no backing in the dark Magi alliance and rather, had some foes within!

After all, Abyssal Bone Forest Academy was a member of the dark Magi alliance. He had brazenly killed off the elder of the Lilytell family, Metallic Lunatic Marb, which resulted in a blood debt!

After considering the matter carefully, Leylin concluded that exploding the gate to the secret plane did not benefit him at all, and he would have actually become the scapegoat!

Leylin was definitely not going to do something that would harm his own interests.

Hence, with one last look at Reynold's office, he ruthlessly left!

……

Rumble!*

Within the headquarters of Four Seasons Garden at the Eternal River Plain's secret plane, immense energy waves from spells exploding could be felt everywhere. Mixed within those sounds were miserable cries and maniacal laughter.

The dark Magi's attack, this time, was very fierce and they had quickly made their way to the centre of the headquarters.

Hence, Leylin found very few official Magi along the way. Nobody bothered to interrogate him either, so his whole journey out was very smooth sailing.

Many Magi in black cloaks were freely venting their dark desires, and some Magi could be seen bursting into flames.

The violent flames engulfed the area and turned the prosperous and busy trading centre into a sea of fire.

The official Magi of Four Seasons Garden were doing their utmost to hold back the dark Magi while awaiting support.

The Magi who had chosen no sides were around mostly to look on without lifting a finger, while only a few who were on good terms with Four Seasons Garden chose to participate in the battle.

Magi were a bunch of cold people, and seeing that the dark and light Magi were participating in a large-scale battle, most of the Magi present chose to look after their own hide and observe.

This was obviously the case for acolytes.

While official Magi were fighting, they did not even have the chance to intervene. Usually, just a stray wave of magic from an official Magus could cause a large number of deaths.

"Things seem to be rather chaotic!" Leylin laughed without care.

Though he was wearing the attire that belonged to Four Seasons Garden, the expression on his face was very composed and as cool as ice, as if everything happening here had nothing to do with him.

"Magus Leylin, what are you doing?"

At this moment, a figure rapidly appeared before Leylin. It was Dolorin.

This vice team leader of the defense squad cut quite a sorry figure, his white robes torn into shreds.

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Blood Rogue's Appearance

"Magus Leylin! In my authority as the vice team leader of the defense squad, you will temporarily be expropriated! Those darned dark Magi bastards are plundering our headquarters and killing our family and friends. I need you! Let us go and resist the enemy!"

Dolorin looked as if he was in a frenzy and was burning with rage. It looked like he was truly loyal to Four Seasons Garden.

As a large light Magi organisation, Four Seasons Garden had a very strong sense of unity.

Hence, even under such circumstances, many official Magi, and even acolytes, were willing to risk their lives and fight.

"My apologies, but I won't do it!" Leylin unenthusiastically spoke.

"What did you say?" Dolorin became wide-eyed, unwilling to believe what he was hearing.

"I said I won't! I am now the patrolling inspector at the headquarters! Just my position alone means that I have the same level of authority as that dead team leader of yours. Even he didn't have the power to command me to do anything, much less you."

Leylin squinted, causing Dolorin to seethe with rage.

"You… you dare…" Dolorin gestured at Leylin, his finger trembling.

Though his lips twitched, he did not say a word. Leylin's reason could not be refuted, and with his current position, he did not have the authority to order Leylin, who held a higher position, to do anything.

"Well then, Lord Leylin! Where are you going?"

Dolorin suddenly asked with his fists tightly clenched and his eyes fixed on Leylin.

"Are you trying to mind my business?" Leylin's spoke in a low register as he looked at this burly man.

"Of course not! It's just that an envoy just came down from the headquarters and is standing guard at Experiment Zone 3. I think you might want to see him?" Dolorin lowered his head, though his words showed he had no intents of backing down.

"An envoy from the headquarters?" Leylin furrowed his brows. This was a key position and represented the will of the entire Four Seasons Garden. This person obviously had a position that was much higher than his temporary role as a patrolling inspector.

"Why wasn't I informed of this? Who is it?" Leylin asked on.

"It's Lord Reynold's personal disciple, Lord Wade!" The name that came out of Dolorin's mouth was unexpected, but at the same time logical.

"So it's him! No wonder!" Leylin nodded.

Wade was a Magus who had been raised in Four Seasons Garden, from when he had been a regular human till he became an acolyte and then further became a Magus. His entire being had a close connection to Four Seasons Garden, and he was definitely loyal.

On top of that, the person in charge here was Reynold, who was also his teacher. In terms of communication and connections, he had a natural advantage.

"It's going to be troublesome to have an envoy come down at this time…" Leylin's heart lurched.

Immediately after, Dolorin stared straight at Leylin. "My lord, think about it…"

"Since it's an envoy from the headquarters and the situation is somewhat dire now, I'll have to meet him!" Leylin said indifferently.

Surveying the area, he noted that the dark and light Magi were immersed in battle and nobody had the time to pay any attention to him.

Also, they were in a corner and there was little chance of them being seen from afar.

After having noted this situation, the expression on Leylin's face became calmer as he tucked his hands into his sleeves.

"That's good… Ah…"

What appeared on Dolorin's face was glee, followed by a complicated glint in his eyes, as if some sort of evil plan was brewing in his mind. However, all of this was immediately destroyed by a pair of flaming, crimson palms.

These crimson palms had blood red flames that went through Dolorin's innate defense spell formation like paper and pierced right into his chest.

A flash of disbelief passed Dolorin's face before he turned into a pile of ashes under the blood-red flames.

Leylin calmly retracted his hands. He was now the number one being who was second only to rank 2 Magi. Dolorin was a rank 1 Magus who was not even at the peak yet. Leylin had gone all out and mounted a sneak attack, and hence Dolorin had been killed in a single attack.

From within the ashes, a hint of grey light rose and turned into a grey skull that pounced towards Leylin.

"Oh! A secret imprint? I never expected Dolorin to have something like this!"

Blood red glints flashed by his eyes and two crimson rays shot out of his pupils which landed on the imprint in a straight line.

Sssii!* Large amounts of white mist rose, and under the crimson rays, the skull imprint dispersed. It turned into little grey spots that disappeared into the air.

This was the same type of imprint that Bosain and Torash, who had both been killed by Leylin, possessed. This was an imprint that Magi used to mark those they wanted to take revenge on.

When Leylin was still an acolyte, it was exceedingly difficult to remove this type of imprint the moment he made contact with it. It was also easy for Magi to track, which was why he had used the most direct and simplest way to kill those two acolytes.

But this was now different! Leylin had advanced to a peak rank 1 Magus! The imprint of a regular Magus could easily be removed with a little spiritual force.

He was only fearful of the secret imprint that rank 2 Magi personally set up. A rank 1 Magus imprints was not a worry to him.

"Shadow Clone!" After doing all this, Leylin was still not content and pointed at the pile of bone and ashes.

A black shadow clone crawled out from the shadows and entered the ashes.

The shadow clone that was now mixed with the ashes extended, grew bigger, and became another man who was similar to Dolorin.

Their faces and attire were practically the same, though the shadow clone's skin was black. It was weird and rather terrifying.

"Shapeshifting spell!" With a stretch of his hand, milky white light converged in his palm and shot to the clone's body.

Under the effects of the shapeshifting spell, the clone's skin instantly turned fair, and even gave some colour to its face. It looked just like Dolorin.

"Go! Show your face to the Magi in Four Seasons Garden, and then find an opportune time to die in battle!" Leylin instructed.

The shadow clone which had turned into Dolorin bowed towards Leylin and dashed off quickly.

"Trying to make me cannon fodder by getting me to see the leader at this time?"

Leylin glanced at the ground, where Dolorin had once been, a tranquil expression about his face.

"Whether it's killing dark or light Magi, none of this has any meaning. The real treasure is waiting for me! Time is running out and I don't have time to play around with you."

Leylin's original intention was to take advantage of the chaos and seize some benefits, but Dolorin had schemed for Leylin to meet the envoy from the headquarters hence Leylin had no choice but oblige.

This was the complete opposite of Leylin's intentions. Hence, Dolorin must die!

"It's about time for Blood Rogue to appear!"

Leylin murmured to himself, rays of light appearing in his right arm and turning into a crimson mask. His robes also underwent some changes and turned into a shade of crimson, a stark contrast to the original white, and looked as if it had been stained by fresh blood.

His aura also changed, reeking of bloodlust and evil.

Just looking at him was enough to cause official Magi to break out in cold sweat.

Leylin's other identity in Thousand Meddling Hands, Blood Rogue, now made its appearance!

After having transformed into Blood Rogue, Leylin identified a direction and rushed in the direction of the Merit Point Exchange Hall.

One would be an idiot not to seize benefits when possible!

The battle at the Merit Point Exchange Hall was also the most intense, with various spells and energies flying all over the place.

Within the rubble, Magi of the defense squad in the white robes of Four Seasons Garden and Magi in the black robes of Thousand Meddling Hands were now tangled together.

All sorts of pieces and fragments of resources were strewn all over the ground. There was even an intellectual crystal ball that had been discarded in a corner within the rubble.

"Hm?"

From the corner of his eyes, Leylin discovered a few hidden black figures who emitted energy waves that belonged to acolytes! They must be incredibly reckless to even think of participating in a battle between Magi.

These figures lay in wait at the sidelines of the battle, their greedy little eyes fixated on the items strewn all over the ground.

Even if they were to pay their life for this, there was no guarantee that they would be able to obtain these items in their lifetime. Taking advantage of the chaotic situation, a few of the more daring acolytes actually began to have designs on these items.

Rumble!* An icy blue ray of light dispersed, and the remaining waves of energy hit one of the acolytes present.

This acolyte didn't even have the chance to make a sound before he turned into an ice statue amidst the blue light.

Such a miserable scene scared away a large number of acolytes.

There were, however, a few lucky acolytes who successfully left the battlefield after retrieving some resources and ingredients.

Though the official Magi present had discovered their presence, they couldn't be bothered with these existences that were as unremarkable as ants.

Making use of the Magi's reasoning, these acolytes betted their lives and struggled towards this hint of an opportunity! They did this despite knowing that if any official Magus found them an eyesore, they would immediately lose their lives!

Leylin suddenly reflected upon this and realised that a Magus' path was full of blood and cruelty.

He strode forth at a measured pace and entered the heart of the battle.

"It's Lord Blood Rogue!" "Lord Blood Rogue is here!" The Thousand Meddling Hands' Magi present immediately gasped.

Amidst them was a huge black rodent-like Magus who quickly got rid of its opponent and bowed before Leylin.

"It's actually Lord Blood Rogue! It's been a long time!"

The huge rodent now had green eyes that were the size of longan fruits and looked ready to bootlick any given moment.

Ever since Leylin had displayed his exceptional battle strength in previous fights, combined with Bald Venom's disappearance without a trace, this large rodent had analysed the situation well and apologised to Leylin. It had also sent a large number of precious items.

From then on, it would eagerly approach Leylin and greet him, acting just like his servant.

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Holy Angel

"En!"

When facing this large rodent-like dark Magus, Leylin only nodded slightly.

"You're just in time. There are some areas that require your natural talent. Stay beside me!"

"Yes, my lord!" A glint of glee appeared in the large rodent's eyes, and it quickly stood at a short distance behind Leylin.

It was very clear that in this large-scale war, even for official Magi, the probability of death was not low.

In order to protect itself, besides trying its hardest to raise its strength, the rodent Magus also had to have strong backers to protect itself. This was a method of survival!

"Who is that?"

The opposing Four Seasons Garden Magi asked in suspicion as they naturally could not recognise Leylin as he was right now.

"It's Blood Rogue from Thousand Meddling Hands! It's said that his crimes are insane, and in just the short span of a year, he's already committed nine major crimes and has been labelled as a notorious criminal on the wanted list!"

Another old light Magi stared hard at Leylin, eyes revealing an unspeakable fear.

Leylin merely laughed gently and approached them, while the two dark Magi respectfully backed off.

"I'm only going to say this once! Move!" He spoke brazenly to the light Magi.

"Are you crazy?"

Seeing Leylin actually dared to threaten a whole group of light Magi, even a few Magi from the Thousand Meddling Hands thought Leylin to be crazy.

However, the large rodent and the rest who knew Leylin better could feel their scalps numb as they retreated a few steps.

"Once Lord Reynold returns, the whole lot of you insane dark Magi will… ugh…"

A light Magus stood out and spoke righteously.

However shortly after, a translucent, black, giant serpent seemed to travel through space and appeared in front of him. Extending its mouth, which was full of sharp teeth, it bit down upon his neck.

Ka-cha!* A piercing sound was produced, and this light Magus' innate defence formation was destroyed to pieces in less than a second under the snake's bite.

After that, the python directly bit the Magus' unprotected nape! The spinal cord was ripped to shreds, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.

"Honestly… are all of you deaf?"

The light Magus' corpse fell to the ground with a loud thud, and Leylin's blood-red robes seemed to produce crimson rays of light. He faced the light Magi in front of him and spoke peacefully.

"Just- Just what level of… This power far exceeds that of the semi-converted Magus that he had been."

Upon having seen Leylin kill an official Magus in one blow, the large black rodent behind him couldn't help but be shocked. From what he knew, in Thousand Meddling Hands, there were only a few peak rank 1 Magi, such as Giant, who could do this. However, another person had joined their ranks — Blood Rogue!

It even went so far as to guess that Blood Rogue right now might have surpassed Giant and the other elders. At this thought, with a gleeful, and an even more intense gaze that could be seen on its slender and hollowed face, it stared at Leylin's figure.

"Togo! He actually killed Togo!"

A female Four Seasons Garden Magus looked at Togo's corpse, evidently in disbelief, and went insane.

"I'll kill you!"

With a crazed look upon her face, she was then wrapped up in a bundle of milky white light!

Ka-cha!*

Under the shroud of light, her clothes split and revealed the curvy body of a young woman.

At the same time, layers of clean white feathers sprouted out from her back, eventually forming a pair of large white wings.

"The holy form! Looks like she's going to go all out!"

The surrounding Magi were surprised, and all of them had varying reactions.

Some chose to retreat, others rushed in from the sidelines, and even more light Magi came in and surrounded Leylin.

"Holy Judgement!"

As if an angel had descended upon the earth, the female Magus' face shone with a holy light. Her eyes turned pure gold as she pointed straight at Leylin.

Light! Pure, clear holy light formed a knight's lance, accompanied by a holy chorus in the background. Along with a huge spurt of energy, it charged towards Leylin!

"Kill him! Let's kill him!"

Immediately after, the surrounding light Magi produced their best spells, and colourful magic rays rushed towards Leylin like a wave.

In the face of such an attack, the black rodent immediately retreated, while other dark Magi had long since hidden themselves away.

Leylin wasn't their superior and lacked the authority to command them.

In addition, as a dark Magi who had commited crime after crime, even if there was a leader who ordered them to go forth, they would disobey.

"At critical times, they're a bunch of unreliable fellows! It's good that I wasn't counting on any assistance from them."

Leylin raised both arms and loudly chanted a few syllables.

Hualala!* A bright crimson colour stained his hands; the red was so concentrated that it looked like fresh blood on the verge of dripping down.

"It's appeared! The magic that gave Blood Rogue his name — Crimson Palm!"

A few dark Magi who were concealed a distance away yelled in awe.

"Die!" With a cold glint in his eyes, his two hands mercilessly scratched forward!

Boom!*

Two blood-red phantom claws emerged and charged towards the holy lance and the wave of magic.

Rumble!* On the surface of the crimson claws, large amounts of blood-red flames rose to the skies, virtually turning the sky crimson.

Rumble!*

The flaming, sharp phantom claws slammed into the lance as well as the onslaught of spells, which produced a huge sound.

Black mushroom clouds formed and rose above the explosion; the aftershocks constantly spreading and shaving off a few layers of earth.

Weng Weng!*

Countless amounts of black smoke and ash flew about, fully blocking the scene within the explosion.

Ku! Ku!*

All of a sudden, two phantom claws that seemed slightly damaged charged through the layer of smoke and out of the explosion area.

Huge crimson claws grabbed at the angel in the sky!

Light! Large amounts of clean holy light transformed into crystal-like armour, automatically equipping itself to the female Magus.

She now had on crystal armour and a pair of large white wings, looking as if an ancient goddess of war had descended upon the earth.

In contrast, the large crimson claws seemed like the hands of a demonic god from the depths of hell, mercilessly grabbing towards the war goddess!

Ka-cha!*

Large crimson claws crashed into the armour, emitting the sounds of something cracking.

Under the disbelieving gazes of the many Magi present, the solid crystal armour that seemed to be a product from the heavens was torn into shreds by the crimson claws. They fluttered like butterflies before they turned into little spots of light that disappeared into the air.

After which, the crimson claws ruthlessly caught hold of the female Magus.

The wings behind her back were forcefully ripped off, where pieces of pure white feathers drifted to the ground as if it was snowing.

The huge crimson claws immediately gripped her fiercely.

Pa!* Like a watermelon that had been gripped so tightly that it exploded, the female Magus burst into pieces, blood flowing unceasingly. The liquid was absorbed by the huge claws, which caused its appearance to become more terrifying and evil.

[Beep! Power of Crimson Palm has reached the limits a second time. Layering effect achieved. 1. Crimson Flames: the crimson flames from Crimson Palm can be used as an area of effect attack. 2. Bloodleech: Every time Crimson Palm is used to kill an opponent, the power that is consumed will automatically be replenished after absorbing the opponent's blood.]

The A.I. Chip's voice sounded in Leylin's ear.

"Oh! Does that mean that every time I kill someone, Crimson Palm has the ability to automatically replenish its power and that the Magus doesn't have to do it himself?"

Leylin was astonished. This spell was something he had obtained from the great Magus Serholm's Book of Giant Serpent.

It looked like the great Magus Serholm truly was deserving of his rank as a Morning Star Magus. Just a random rank 1 spell had such frightening effects.

After having absorbed the female Magus' blood, the phantom crimson claws that had begun to turn dull and start to dissipate seemed to have received some powerful nourishment, and suddenly burst with crimson light!

The flames that had already died down began to burn furiously upon the claws.

Boom!*

The crimson claw pressed down!

A huge palm imprint appeared on the ground, with flames burning around it.

The giant claw slapped a few Magi from Four Seasons Garden, and due to the crimson flames, they turned to ashes.

One strike! With just one strike, Leylin had killed countless official Magi!

If such battle achievements were to be spread, his name would be known throughout the south coast and even go down in history!

"Blood… Blood Rogue is actually so strong! Has he advanced to a rank 2 Magus already?!"

The dark Magi of Thousand Meddling Hands were startled by Leylin's ferocious strike and were also stunned into silence for a long while.

Shua shua shua!*

Upon seeing Leylin's attack, innumerable light Magi completely lost their confidence. Using various types of spells, they transformed into wind or giant birds, amongst other animals, and rapidly left the area.

Leylin merely stood where he was, not bothering to give chase.

For him, killing light Magi was useless. What was more important was to steal resources!

Boom!*

Yet another large claw was sent out and uncovered a passageway from the rubble.

Leylin went on a wild rampage, like the fiercest animal in ancient times, and based on the memory of the route that Pierre had taken, he destroyed all the traps and spell formations along the way.

In just a moment, he came before the huge resource warehouse from before.

Under his fierce flames, the huge metal door was melted into a liquid that flowed freely on the ground. With his hands clasped behind his back, he brazenly walked into the large resource warehouse.

"My Lord! After you!"

The dark Magi who had followed Leylin here did not dare to be indolent even in the face of such a huge room of treasure. Rather, they respectfully allowed him to have the first browse through these spoils of war.

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Killing Pierre

Leylin unceremoniously began to search through the large resource warehouse as the smallest and most valuable items all disappearing into his robes.

The rodent who was following him took advantage of Leylin's high position and managed to obtain quite a few valuable items.

Once he was satisfied with his loot, Leylin returned to the doorway and spoke to the rest of the Magi who were anxiously waiting, "The rest is all yours."

"Many thanks to Lord Blood Rogue!"

After the Magi present bowed to Leylin, they cheered as they impatiently dashed into the warehouse, plundering as they liked.

"What a pity! If I had some magic artifact that could store items in another space dimension, you wouldn't be getting anything from here."

Watching the large storage warehouse get ravaged, a feeling of pity overcame him.

Even if he couldn't use these things, they could be exchanged for magic crystals and the like.

However, time was short and he could not afford to keep many items on his body, so they were able to benefit from this.

"Rodent! Come here!"

Leylin spoke indifferently.

"My Lord, what may I do for you?" Upon witnessing Leylin's battle achievements, this Magus, Rodent, was already fully in awe of Leylin and was even ready to sell its body to him.

"You specialise in detection, right? I remember the last time while we were surveying the entrance to the secret plane, you were the first one to discover it."

Leylin spoke matter-of-factly, but from the sharp glint in his eyes, it seemed as if he had already seen through Rodent's entire being.

"It's just an effect from the shapeshifting spell…" Rodent's heart chilled as it smiled dryly.

"Good! Find me the current location of this smell!"

Leylin raised his index finger, and tendrils of blackness were emitted and turned into thin little black pythons. They quickly appeared before Rodent and bit onto its nose.

"Ah…" Rodent gave a miserable cry, but the intense pain it had been expecting did not register. Instead, the smell of a Magus had travelled into his mind.

"It's him! Bring me to him!" Leylin's voice was very calm and it was impossible to tell if he was agitated or gleeful. However, this situation evidently unnerved Rodent further.

"Yes! Yes, my Lord, I'll bring you there now!"

Rodent sprawled flat on the ground, nose right on the ground as he sniffed hard.

After a few minutes, he confirmed a direction, "It's here. Please follow me, my Lord!"

Concealed under the the crimson mask, Leylin lightly chuckled. What he had given Rodent was the scent of Pierre, who was in charge of the merit points exchange centre.

As the first Magus to be exploited by Leylin, his scent had been kept for future purposes.

But from what he had heard from Pierre, what he had plundered was not the main warehouse. The real one was something that even Pierre did not have the authority to bring others into.

This was an opportunity that was hard to come by!

Leylin gathered that the items in that main warehouse were definitely top-grade items or ingredients that Four Seasons Garden had found in the Eternal River Plains' secret plane.

If he managed to obtain all of that, it would likely be enough for him to advance to a rank 2 Magus and even above that.

At this thought, his breathing began to silently roughen.

The large rodent-like Magus had no real talent in terms of fighting skill, but it was his skill in detecting an opponent that Thousand Meddling Hands required his expertise for.

Leylin followed this large rodent and bypassed several secret passageways. There were, of course, several alarms and magic traps, but they were all destroyed by Leylin.

The main function of these traps was to alert the light Magi of intruders, and summon a large number of Magi from the Four Seasons Garden.

As they went further in, even Reynold would be startled into action. With a rank 2 Magus like him around, things were as safe as it could be.

But the situation now was different. Four Seasons Garden's headquarters at the secret plane was now in a state of confusion and chaos. Reynold, the rank 2 Magus in charge, had now been lured away by a rank 2 Magus from Thousand Meddling Hands.

In a situation where the main forces were gone, just a few dull traps and spells were just a joke to Leylin!

"We're here! My lord, if my senses don't fail me, the owner of the scent is within this passageway."

After going through a maze filled with traps and crossroads, the large rodent pointed to a green passage at the opposite side and stated with confidence.

This passageway looked extremely narrow, to the point that only one person could cross at a time. Within the passageway, there were innumerable vines that twined together to create a green wall, and there were even powerful energy waves emitting from it. The aura it emitted was vaguely familiar and was something that Leylin had felt not too long ago — it belonged to Reynold, the rank 2 Magus!

"It can't be wrong! This is the place!"

Leylin inspected the restriction spell formation put into place, his heartbeat quickening.

As the person in charge at the merit points exchange centre, Pierre would definitely return to the main warehouse and oversee it. As this place was kept in a secret location and had a large number of defensive spell formations, it was much safer as compared to the outside, where danger lurked in every corner. Hence, Leylin was eighty percent sure that he had chosen to hide out here.

Leylin had gotten Rodent to find his scent and was betting on this happening! Now, with the appearance of Reynold's, a rank 2 Magus, defensive spell formations, it confirmed his conjecture.

Even if it wasn't the main warehouse, there were sure to be valuable things around if a rank 2 Magus had attempted to prevent others from going in there.

With a lengthy whistle, his hands turned red and he activated the full power of Crimson Palm. Huge blood-red claws carried crimson flames about it as they struck the wall of vines.

Rumble!

Immense energy waves shot in all directions, and the passageway shook a little, rocks and dust falling from the ceiling.

After the dust cleared, the rodent-like Magus who was hiding behind Leylin saw a hole that was as large as a basketball above the entrance on the wall.

This hole was pitch-black inside, with traces of crimson flames burning and extending within.

Crash!* Green light flashed and the entrance seemed to come to life, innumerable tendrils twisting together and filling in the hole. Rays of green light was emitted from the vines and they were entangled together, green and right mixing together before they died down.

"The defense formation set up by a rank 2 Magus is indeed not simple!"

Leylin sighed in admiration, with no hint of disappointment in his eyes.

Crimson Palm was just one of the spells he used to conceal his identity. It was definitely not representative of what he was capable of!

The current him had already approached the realm of a rank 2 Magus. Even if he were to meet one, there was a high chance of him escaping. A formation set up by a mere rank 2 Magus was naturally not anything he worried about.

"A.I. Chip! Have they been recorded?"

Under the mask, a hint of blue flashed in his eyes as he enquired inwardly.

[Recorded 89% of the information regarding the spell formation. Currently simulating experiments and calculating its weak point.]

The A.I. Chip intoned loyally and then presented a few points where the amount of energy present was scarcer.

Usually, when a defense formation was not activated, it was difficult for the A.I. Chip to obtain such specific data. However, through Leylin's attack using Crimson Palm, the formation began to operate and displayed all sorts of energy waves that the A.I. Chip scanned and gathered in detail. This was how it was able to see through it and ascertain its weak point!

"So that's it!" Leylin peered closely at the diagram pointing out the places where energy signals were weaker, and the crimson rays were produced from his hands once again.

"Crimson Palm!" The giant blood-red claws struck again! Sharp, large flaming apparitions hit the entrance amidst the vines, 3cm below the centre of the door.

Bang!* The entrance began to shake fiercely, and large numbers of vines devoted their energies to repairing the harm caused.

"Hah!" Leylin's arms did not stop moving as the crimson claws were used again, striking a few areas on the door.

Creak! Creak!* The door could not bear the abuse and even the veins began to slow in their movements.

"Now!" Blood-red light flashed in his eyes.

Rumble!* The areas on the door that had been hit began to burn fiercely with crimson flames, forming straight lines and converging.

Weng Weng!*

A huge crimson fireball appeared, and with a specific frequency, it bombarded the very middle of the vined entrance.

Tsssss!*

As if someone had torn countless pieces of parchment, the green-vined entrance crumbled in pieces. The original healthy green turned into a wilted yellow as if its life force was drained as each piece fell to the ground.

Ka-cha!* The whole entrance was in shatters.

Leylin's footsteps did not stop and he immediately entered.

Following behind him was the Rodent Magus who seemed to be struggling with its decision to follow. Its foot raised several times, but in the end, it took a huge breath and left this place.

"You actually found this place?"

After going through the passageway, Leylin came into a place that seemed like a small warehouse. The first thing he saw was someone dressed like an appraiser. He even had on gilded glasses and was standing there silently.

At this moment, the expression on Pierre's face was strange; he looked as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. He smiled, "I've been worrying about how to tell my superiors about you breaking into the exchange centre. I guess I don't have to worry about that anymore…"

He then gave Leylin a profound look. "You must be someone I know well, to be able to get here so quickly! Could you tell me your real identity?"

……

Leylin did not seem to have any intentions of letting Pierre die knowing his secrets. *Boom!* He fiercely took one step forward, and dark energy particles wrapped he and Pierre within like a fog…

Sssii!* Thick fog spread, but there was not the slightest sound produced from the inside.

Minutes later, Leylin walked out calmly, and then entered the treasured warehouse that belonged to Four Seasons Garden.

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Leather Pouch

After Leylin left, the fog gradually dispersed, leaving behind a greyish-white statue of a Magus.

This statue looked exactly the same as Pierre, with a look of astonishment on his face.

Pak! Pak!*

Innumerable cracks began to extend across the statue like spider webs.

Crack!*

Immediately after, the stone sculpture broke into little pieces with a loud sound.

Leylin was now a peak rank 1 Magus. With the added bonus from his bloodline, even a regular peak rank 1 Magus was not a match for him when he went all out.

However, he did not have any time to waste on thinking about this. His eyes were already attracted to the items before him.

This warehouse was incredibly small and was only a dozen or so square metres.

On a stone counter, only three items laid there. Though they looked to be unremarkable, they must be something of value for them to be placed here.

Leylin scrutinised the items on the counter.

On the left most was something that looked like a leather pouch. It was completely black and even had some detailed silver designs. Though it looked very ordinary, it seemed to have a slight wave that was rather unique emitting from the pouch. Even the Giant Kemoyin Serpent bloodline within him had a strange response to it.

"From this feeling, it probably implies that this was made using the material from some kind of ancient creature."

Leylin rubbed his chin, the gears in his brain turning, "Something made by the hide of some ancient being. It doesn't seem to be any offensive-type magic artifact either. Could it be…?"

In that moment, a slight possibility flashed past Leylin's mind, causing his breathing to become a little rough.

"A.I. Chip! Scan the decorative designs on the pouch and compare it with pictures of ancient beings!"

[Bepp! Mission established, initiating scan…]

The A.I. Chip loyally intoned. Now, with a specific catalogue to refer to, the A.I. Chip immediately found an answer.

[Results of comparison: Ancient Creatures- Similarity to the skin of Void White-Eyed Snake: 92.6%. Tailless Ouroboros 46.9%. Void Raven: 12.3%]

"As I thought, it's the Void White-Eyed Snake!" Glee emerged on Leylin's face.

Even in ancient times, this sort of ancient being was extremely precious. This was due to the Void White-Eyed Snake's innate ability that had to do with space! Hence, its skin was often used to manufacture all kinds of storage items.

"A.I. Chip! Look up all information there is regarding the Void White-Eyed Snake!" Leylin ordered.

[Void White-Eyed Snake! Ancient being, the darling of the void. After maturing, it can awaken its abilities that have to do with space, gaining a powerful innate skill similar to travelling through time! Its skin is often processed and made into storage items due to the void runes that naturally form on its body. Able to contain items that are a thousand, or even ten thousand times the size of its main body. However, due to excessive hunting by ancient Magi, it became extinct in the middle of the Ancient Era. Source: The Illustrated Handbook of Ancient Beings, World Magus History, 37th revision.]

"As I thought, it's the legendary space-type magic artifact!"

Leylin's eyes were fixed on the black pouch with a fiery gaze.

For a large organisation like Four Seasons Garden, this item was not essential and only served to raise its value. However, for a Magus like him who was used to travelling alone, it was an indispensable item!

If he had had the pouch previously, he definitely would not have left anything behind for the other dark Magi and instead, chosen to take everything for himself.

Especially in his situation where he was planning to escape at any moment, his agility would increase by a large amount.

One could say that of all the items in this treasure trove, if he really needed to make a decision, Leylin would unhesitatingly choose this one!

However, Leylin could still contain his desires.

Suppressing the impulse of making his move immediately, he glanced at the two items beside the black pouch.

In the middle of the stone counter was a very thick, black volume that looked like a dictionary. At the side, one could see it was tattered.

"This must be the book that Four Seasons Garden obtained from the Eternal River Plain's secret plane. As this was left behind by the Magus who constructed this secret plane, it must be even more valuable."

These were items that only large-scale organisations had a use for. If a Magus like him who worked alone set his hands on this, it would only backfire on him.

At the most right, beside the thick volume, there was a black honeycomb that looked somewhat like a charcoal briquette. On the bumpy surface, there were beads of dark green pearls embedded in the holes. It looked rather bizarre.

"Though the volume is the most precious items out of these three, the pouch is still the highest priority to me!"

Leylin solemnly approached the stone counter.

All items stored in a Magus' warehouse were sure to be guarded by defense spell formations. Not only would they be set up around the item, the item itself would also have a spell formation on it.

These spell formations usually had the ability to self-destruct, and the moment the method of approaching it was wrong, the item would be destroyed and cause the thieves to leave with empty hands.

However, dark Magi like Leylin were used to these situations and all had talent and skill in unsealing these spell formations.

Leylin, who had been in the other warehouse, had used dark Magi's unsealing techniques and successfully obtained a few treasured items.

However, the setup of this spell formation was evidently more complicated than that in the other warehouse. This was especially so for these three items, which definitely would have additional spell designs on it.

With runes that bound the items to the counter, even Leylin, who had help from the A.I. Chip could feel a headache coming on.

"It's a pity! This is the main warehouse and even that dead man, Pierre's token and his authority is useless here!"

Leylin heaved a sigh and, from a small pouch, carefully poured the purple powder into his hands.

Whoosh!*

Gusts of wind suddenly blew in the room, and little purple drafts were produced from Leylin's hand, gathering at the surface of the stone counter.

This was an unsealing spell design he had obtained from Thousand Meddling Hands, specially designed to deal with these sort of self-destructing seals. After modification from the A.I. Chip, its effectiveness had increased many times over!

However, along with the A.I. Chip's modifications, the difficulty in using this spell design had risen over ten times. One needed to be very precise and strict, and one could not be even a millisecond too late. In other words, it was a zero-error precision technique.

Hence, on the south coast, perhaps only Leylin was able to use this unsealing method.

Purple gas flowed like water, coating the counter.

The runes on the counter merely flickered a little and then died down, not detecting any abnormalities around.

Waiting until the moment purple enshrouded the counter, Leylin's eyes flashed resolutely.

"Now is the time! Magic transformation!"

He fiercely chanted a few awkward-sounding syllables, and strange ripples suddenly began to flash upon the counter.

Weng Weng!*

The purple streams of air solidified in a moment, turning into black, sticky liquid that surrounded the counter.

Only at this moment did the runes on the counter react and it struck back with its more powerful and violent attack. A series of lights exploded, almost breaking through the thick black liquid that shrouded it.

"Cover!" Under Leylin's instructions, the black liquid was like oil and completely covered the counter, rays of lights from various runes completely disappearing under it.

"Now!"

Leylin produced thin blue threads from his right hand, which flew out like silk, and bound the black leather pouch.

The thin blue threads seemed alive as they went towards the leather pouch, a series of slight popping sounds emitting as they moved.

Most of Leylin's energy was spent on this unsealing spell design, to the point that his forehead was drenched with sweat.

Finally, the silk-like threads bound the leather pouch tightly and looked like a blue cocoon.

Leylin grabbed with his hands, and the blue cocoon automatically flew away from the counter and into his hands.

"Alright! It's a success!" Leylin exclaimed gleefully. Now, the black oil-like fluid seemed to be unable to cover the runes on the counter any longer, with hints of light passing through.

"I'll be quick about this. Once more!"

Leylin pointed again, and thin blue threads headed for the honeycomb-like coal briquet.

For Leylin, the book in the middle was likely the diary of the ancient Magus who created Eternal River Plain's secret plain. If he obtained it, it would only cause him endless troubles. Rather than fighting for that, he should take a gamble on something else!

The thin blue threads were soft and yet firm as they edged towards the honeycomb-like coal briquet.

All of a sudden, the counter trembled, and much of the black liquid was flung off.

A series of yellow rays from runes were revealed.

Weng Weng!* Yellow runes flew into the air, pouncing on the two remaining items on the counter.

"Go!" Steeling his expression, the black oil that covered the counter began to boil, transforming into a small black shield, situated atop the coal briquet.

Ka-cha!*

The yellow rune slammed into the little shield and, seemingly having gone against a firm hindrance, it bounced off.

At the other side, the yellow rune flitted into the black volume due to the lack of obstruction.

Huala!*

The surface of the black book flashed and began to split bit by bit. Within a few seconds, the entire book automatically turned into flying ashes.

Pak!*

At this moment, the blue threads finally bound the coal briquet and it flew into Leylin's hands.

Rumble!*

Immediately after, the entire counter crumbled before Leylin, turning into dust.

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Protection

Looking at the self-destruction of the stone counter and the black volume, Leylin's expression did not contain even a trace of pity.

As far as he was concerned, the biggest reward was already in his hands, so even if he was not able to get the other treasures, he felt no regret.

Bang! bang!*

Two blue cocoons disintegrated right in front of Leylin's eyes, exposing the two items that were within them.

Leylin calmly took them both.

The Void White-Eyed Snake's snakeskin used to make the black leather pouch felt soft to the touch, and continuously spread a warm feeling to Leylin.

The silver designs upon it felt as if they were alive; they continuously moved about on the surface of the leather pouch, emitting a brilliant and dazzling radiance.

"It is worthy of being known as the Void White-Eyed Snake, or as the rumors call it, the darling of the void. A fully grown snake has its own space runes on its body…"

Leylin sighed in admiration, his fingers constantly caressing the surface of the leather pouch.

"What a pity that the Void White-Eyed Snake is not a creature with a bloodline. Otherwise, even though this leather had been solidified by the ancient Magi and lost all its vitality, I still could have attempted to purify its bloodline…"

Leylin sighed regretfully, and then he looked at the thing that resembled a honeycomb-shaped coal briquet.

A dark green, pearl-like object was embedded in the surface of this honeycomb shaped briquet—something that strangely resembled an eye—and after looking at it, Leylin abruptly felt some dizziness.

"This thing is very strange! It seems that I must look for more data in the future so that I can analyse this thing's components…"

Leylin vaguely thought as such. A thread of spiritual force crept out onto the surface of the leather pouch made from the Void White-Eyed Snake's skin.

Crash!*

The knot at the neck of the leather pouch broke open, exposing a really dark green hole. Leylin even momentarily felt as if his own spiritual force had locked onto some odd space.

The size of this space was not very large; it was only the size of two or three rooms. On all sides, there was a vast expanse of white lustre. Furthermore, the space runes that he had previously seen on the leather pouch were continuously roving about on the surface.

Through his spiritual force, Leylin felt that he could seemingly place any lifeless object in this space.

Following which, he immediately looked at the honeycomb briquet beside the pouch.

Xiu!* The honeycomb briquet quickly faded from his palm and soon a hexagonal object with countless pearls on its surface hovered in the space that he had explored before.

"This is a curiously unusual feeling. Moreover, the weight of the leather pouch has also not increased…" Leylin weighed the pouch.

Just as he was about to close the leather pouch, a message was sent through a thread of spiritual force from deep inside the pouch.

"Successor! Congratulations on getting my final work of art—the Insatiable Bottomless Pouch! I originally created this item so that it could become a magic equipment that would allow my name to be known through the ages! Unfortunately, it was stuck at the level of a high-grade magic artifact! I hope you will treat it properly and also help to upgrade it…..a namesake of myself, Meypes!"

"Meypes! I have not heard of such a name; he must have been a Potions Master from ancient times!"

Leylin also took the full measure of the first high-grade magic artifact that he had taken into his possession.

In the south coast, inferior grade magic artifacts were used by acolytes and mediocre rank 1 Magi. O the other hand, semi-converted elemental Magi and peak rank 1 Magi all used medium grade magic artifacts.

Only rank 2 Magi or those genuinely privileged might have a high grade magic artifact!

As for those magic equipment that were superior to magic artifacts, they were the highly kept secret treasures of every large powerful faction! Even Leylin hadn't heard of any information pertaining to them.

And now, even Leylin had a high-grade magic artifact. Even though it was not of the offensive type, it provided him with assistance and was of much more worth than an offense-type magic artifact.

Leylin swept a glance over the other goods in the surroundings.

Surrounding the black counter, there were several small wooden shelves. Although there were not many items on top of these shelves, and they weren't comparable to those 3 items on the black counter, if they were to be placed outside, they would still be good things that would attract the attention of semi-converted elemental Magi or even peak rank 1 Magi!

"Since I am here, these all are mine."

Leylin laughed, and a great amount of black fog turned into small snakes, which then pounced onto the shelves all around him….

A dozen or so minutes later, Leylin, with a smiling expression on his face, walked out of this store.

This time around, his harvest was plentiful. Even though some precious items were destroyed due to magic spells, what he had seized amounted to 80% of the hidden treasures!

Those several precious materials inside caused a sparkle in Leylin's eyes. There were even some materials that his currently updated database did not have any records of.

Leylin made a concrete estimate that the value of those materials would amount to at least 10 million magic crystals.

"These resources are more than enough to help me advance and become a rank 2 Magus, and will also be beneficial to me for a long time …"

Leylin felt the black leather pouch that had been tucked away in his bosom, and the grin on his face only intensified.

His biggest gain this time was this Insatiable Bottomless Pouch, a storage-type, high-grade magic artifact. As far as rank 2 Magi were concerned, they could only obtain such an item through good fortune; it could not be sought after!

Currently, the leather pouch tucked in Leylin's bosom had a dusty, weathered surface, making it look like an unremarkable item. The previously seen illusory silvery space runes were now completely concealed.

After having received the message of the Potions Master from inside the pouch, Leylin could easily control the leather pouch and had modified its exterior form.

Currently, when seen from the outside, this leather pouch just appeared as an ordinary leather waist pouch, with no energy waves. This ensured that people would not associate this pouch with a spatial artifact

Apart from that, this space had a size equivalent to 2 or 3 rooms. After Leylin had stored inside all the goods he had previously taken from that storehouse, and also added the stuff that he had on his person, all of it only occupied one corner of the space.

This leather pouch would be of enormous assistance to Leylin in future trips and adventures.

"Oh! Rodent! That is one clever chap…."

Leylin saw that Rodent had been missing for a long time and that the entire passage was deathly still; the floor of the passage was strewn with broken bricks and dust from the damaged wall.

At a far off region, minute tremors were felt from the bombardment of spells.

Of course, during this time, on the surface, the Thousand Meddling Hands' dark Magi and the Four Seasons Garden's light Magi were still fighting for their own goals.

"Not bad, it is time for the dark Magi to retreat!"

Leylin calmly felt for his golden pocket watch, saw the time, and sneered.

He, who had been long within the Thousand Meddling Hands, knew that although the dark Magi's attacks were fierce at the start — so much so that even white Magi couldn't resist — it was solely because they were covert and sudden attacks. After the passage of some time, the light Magi union would surely send some assistance.

Additionally, the dark Magi were basically very selfish, and after having gotten what they came here for, they were hardly willing to do their utmost in the rest of this battle.

"Anyways, Giant and the 'Boss' behind him must be wondering why I haven't yet destroyed the huge metal gate's consciousness."

The Eternal River Plains' secret plane was a very stable land, especially around the two regions' huge metal gates.

Leylin perceived that the runes on the metal gate alone were very problematic. Moreover, the huge metal gate had been made from some kind of recovery metal; it had the ability of automatic recovery. Unless that entire metal gate was destroyed in a split-second, or an attack that was an unusually high degree of power was used to bombard the gate, it would automatically rebuild itself.

According to A.I. Chip's estimations, only rank 4 Morning Star Magi or Magi of higher levels could destroy the entrances to the secret plane.

However, in the current south coast, it was unknown whether Magi of these ranks still existed or not!

Leylin shook his head, and then chose a path, before vanishing into the darkness.

……

Sssii!*

A whirlwind of green fog spiraled forth, tearing down on the building, and causing large noises as it eroded the building.

There was an occasional magic radiance that flashed past, and all under the green fog was turned black until the building crumbled. Afterwards, the green fog turned into a green liquid.

Within the centre of the green fog, Giant was crushing the heads of the Four Seasons Garden's Magi with his palms.

"What is going on? Why hasn't it detonated yet?" he looked in the direction of Reynold's office, his look one of impatience.

If the core of the consciousness of the metal gate was destroyed, a psionic storm would occur, and the secret plane's entrance would receive irreversible damage.

But now?

Giant looked in the direction of the metal gate, where it was still standing majestically at the core of the Four Seasons Garden's headquarters. Even if random magic spells used by Magi during this battle had hit the gate, they only caused slight fluctuations; it was just like the oceans of ancient times, it concealed within it a ginormous power and existed calmly for countless years.

"It seems Leylin has faced some problems inside! But, I still have a backup plan …"

A strange expression flickered upon Giant's face.

……

Inside Reynold's office.

At this moment, from the headquarters outside the plane, Wade hurried here, along with some magicians.

Seeing the intact seal, this golden-haired Magus couldn't help but let loose a sigh of relief. "Mentor said that the seal is still intact and that there is no problem within the core consciousness…."

Immediately, he yelled at the magicians behind him, "Quickly, stand guard here. The danger level is 5A! This command is issued jointly by Mentor Reynold, and myself, the envoy of headquarters!"

"Agreed, my Lord!" All the magicians behind him bowed in acceptance, and they all scattered to protect the spell formation within the office.

These magicians all wore blood-red colored armour, which was inscribed with designs of thorny brambles. Their every move emitted a bloody aura, causing the other Magi's hearts to palpitate.

This was Four Seasons Garden's core power — the Four Seasons Corps! Every member of it was a powerful Magus with an elemental conversion of 60% or more, was proficient in many kinds of secret techniques that could increase their power to the equivalent of an elemental essence conversion of 70% or more, and could also use cooperative attacks.

This time, if it were not for Wade being made the envoy from the headquarters, they likely wouldn't have even come.

"My Lord, should we also allocate some people to go to the merit points exchange center? According to information, previously, the S-rank criminal from the Thousand Meddling Hands, Blood Rogue, had made an appearance there…."

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Assassination

A spectacled female Magus, who seemed like a secretary, and was holding a thick notebook and quill pen, followed behind Wade.

Only at this point did she seem to remember something.

This suggestion obviously gave Wade an idea. He glanced at the members of the team he had brought from the Four Seasons Garden, took a look at Reynold's office, and eventually rejected the proposal, though he looked as if he was struggling with the idea.

"I can't do that! The things here are more important! Even if it were Mentor Reynold, he would choose to defend this area as well!"

Wade gazed out of the window. Through the fixed spying channel, he could see that the Four Seasons Garden was already engulfed in a sea of fire, within which countless dark Magi in black robes were plundering as they liked.

"Damn it! The leader of the defense squad died in battle, vice team leader Dolorin is nowhere to be found, and the leaders of the hunting and battle teams are busy. If not, I would be able to assign a few of our Magi to give support there…"

"My lord, don't worry. Lord Pierre, who's in charge of the merit points exchange centre, is also a peak rank 1 Magus. Blood Rogue won't be able to pass through so easily…"

Beside Wade, that secretary with an hourglass figure adjusted her glasses, trying to console him.

"It's too late. Pierre has already died in battle! Our warehouse is going to fall into the hands of those wretched dark Magi!"

Wade slammed his fist onto Reynold's desk, leaving behind a deep imprint of a fist.

"Teacher! How great would it be if you were here…" All of a sudden, weak thoughts began appearing in Wade's mind.

Shortly after, he couldn't help but laugh at his moment of weakness. However, his hands were still trembling within the sleeves of his robes. Due to their superior spiritual force and senses, compared to the regular man, Magi's premonitions were quite accurate. Though they seldom appeared, it was a real possibility that such premonitions would actually come to pass.

"What? Pierre died in battle? How can that be? He's a peak rank 1 Magus! Could it be that there's another rank 2 dark Magus fighting here?"

The surrounding Magi became restless at the thought. Peak rank 1 Magi were, in normal circumstances, the most powerful beings in the south coast. In a situation where rank 2 Magus did not appear, they were the rulers, goals, and idols of most Magi.

However, what they had thought to have been a sturdy mountain they could count on had collapsed, leaving the Magi present in shock.

"No! Calm down, everyone!" The moment the words left his mouth, Wade realised that he had misspoken, and quickly tried to steer the conversation away.

"Though the dark Magi have a very aggressive approach this time, thus leading to a huge loss in our members and resources, please believe in the Four Seasons Garden. Believe in the elders, and believe in my mentor, the rank 2 Magus, Lord Reynold."

"Just hang on for fifteen more minutes! The Lightning Fury from the light Magi alliance will arrive, and once that happens, we'll make the dark Magi who killed our friends and family pay the price!"

Each word was dripping with blood, arousing feelings of hatred from the Magi present. Faced with a common enemy, the Magi calmed down.

Upon seeing that the situation had stabilised, Wade could only sigh.

The light Magi of the Four Seasons Garden were similar to a few scientific researchers that Leylin had known. For them, their main work was to experiment, not to kill, and when they engaged with dark Magi, these official Magi performed very poorly.

Besides the few small teams that were in charge of battling and defending, most of the other light Magi who were in charge of exploring the secret plane and taking care of the plants had died.

At this thought, Wade glanced at the teams from the Four Seasons Garden who were clad in crimson armour.

They looked extremely calm, not even revealing the slightest change in expression even after hearing the news of Pierre dying in battle, and of all of their resource warehouses being taken over by the enemy. They were still loyally going about their duties.

"Fortunately, the Four Seasons Garden still has a trump card! With the members of the Four Seasons Corps here, at the very least, the core of the gate to the Eternal River Plains' secret plane will be safe!"

Wade consoled himself.

As long as the core body of consciousness was in their hands, the light Magi of the Four Seasons Garden would still be in control of the gate to the secret plane. In that case, even if they suffered a devastating loss, all could eventually be regained.

It was with this in mind that after seeing the formidable attack by the dark Magi in Experiment Zone 3, Wade had chosen to pull back his forces and relocate all his men to this place. Everything was in preparation to defend the core body of consciousness to the death.

This type of core body of consciousness could only exist within the Eternal River Plains' secret plane. It could not be too far away from the platinum gate, and it was for this reason that a few light Magi organisations were stationed nearby to protect it, rather than simply bringing it back to the headquarters for safekeeping.

Ka-cha!*

Ka-cha!*

All of a sudden, the crisp sound of bones breaking was heard twice.

Two Magi fell, shock still apparent on their faces, while they still had their eyes on the comrades that they had fought alongside.

"Matt, Ernie! What are you doing?"

The surrounding Magi quickly retreated, fearfully roaring at the two Magi whose hands were dripping with blood.

Shua shua shua!* What was even faster was Four Season's Corps, who were in the blood-red armour. They turned into a few red streaks and encircled these two Magi.

"Hehe! Every time I see you pitiful light Magi, I immediately connect you guys to meek little lambs crushed in a lion's mouth."

Amidst the sneers and taunting, the bodies of the two light Magi underwent a very bizarre change.

Pieces of skin floated to the ground like leaves, revealing two foreign figures. One of them was bald, spare a few pitiful strands of hair at the top of his head, while the other was short and obese, with incisors that were unique to mice.

These two supposed light Magi were actually impersonators!

"It's them! Thousand Faces and Shadow! They're rank 5A fugitives, and are on the wanted list! Be extremely careful; it's said that they are experts in shapeshifting, and can disguise themselves to resemble multiple different Magi within seconds, and without being caught." Out of all the light Magi present, someone recognised the two dark Magi.

Of course, the real Matt and Ernie had long since been killed. As for when this had happened, none of the light Magi had any clue at all.

"Hehe! The trump card of the Four Seasons Garden, the Four Seasons Corps? I've long since heard of this name!" Even while surrounded, the bald Thousand Faces did not seem nervous at all. His tiny eyes calmly scanned the area, and then snickered, "What a pity! I don't seem to see anyone particularly exceptional within your group."

In response to such taunts, the members of the Four Seasons Corps gave a single answer.

Huala!*

The armour on their body vibrated, blood-red thorny runes seeming to come to life as they shot into the air, forming thistle-like apparitions.

The innumerable apparitions merged together and formed a dense cage, trapping Thousand Faces and Shadow within it.

"Haha… The only thing you have worth showing off is this thorny cage…"

Thousand Faces couldn't stop laughing, but from the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, it was evident that he was not as relaxed as he tried to present himself.

"Shadow, are you done yet? The members of the Four Seasons Corps aren't so easily fooled. With just a slight misstep, you and might even die here."

Thousand Faces silently transmitted a message to Shadow.

"Soon! I'm almost there. I need silence!" Shadow's answer revealed that his throat was parched, and an obvious sense of urgency.

"Alright. If not for the generous rewards that the organisation is giving us, I wouldn't do this sort of thing even if my life was threatened!" Shadow finally spoke.

Boom!*

The huge, dull, red thorny cage kept compressing and shrinking the area within, and countless little thorns appeared, which, like bees, headed straight for the two dark Magi within.

Bzz bzz! Tzz tzz!*

The tiny thistle thorns were like flying needles as they relentlessly pricked into the bodies of the two dark Magi, producing spots of fresh crimson blood.

Strangely enough, their expressions were unchanged, as if their bodies were not their own.

"Be careful!" One of the members of the Four Seasons Corps warned, and the cage that was full of barbed thistles made contact with the two dark Magi within.

Woo woo!*

At that instant, the surface of the two Magi's bodies turned black, and a ring of fine red tassels exploded out of the duo's bodies.

"This…" Wade was slightly suspicious about this, and he seemed to remember something, quickly yelling, "Get out of the way!"

However, it was much too late. The two charred bodies smirked, extending their arms.

Boom!*

The tremendous sound waves from the explosion engulfed the office and were followed by a huge amount of black smoke.

In the ensuing waves from the explosion, all of Reynold's furniture and documents turned into dust, and what had originally been his work desk was sliced in two, revealing the sealing spell formation underneath it.

"Clones and a high-energy bomb!"

Seeing the office that was in complete disarray, as well as the many Magi who had fallen, Wade grit his teeth.

"My Lord, are you alright?" The frightened female secretary Magus hastily ran over.

"Don't worry, I'm fine…" Wade waved his hands.

After that, an odd expression appeared on his face, and his robes began to float.

The plants that had originally been mere decorations seemed to come to life, turning into vines that grabbed hold of the female Magus in front of him.

"You… My Lord! What are you doing?"

The female secretary had been held in such a position that her legs were spread wide apart, presenting a humiliating pose in front of Wade. She still held traces of embarrassment and confusion in her eyes.

"Thousand Faces! Don't try to swindle me! This female Magus was on my bed just last night; I'm a lot more knowledgeable about her body than you will ever be!" Wade retreated several steps, coldly viewing the female secretary Magus caught in the vine.

"Hehe! I guess I was found out…"

A maniacal smile appeared on the secretary's face, followed by a fluctuation that revealed a bald head.

"It's a pity that you forgot about me!"

The yellow floorboard under Wade's feet suddenly flipped over, and a dagger that was flashing with silvery-white light stabbed towards his abdomen!

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A Blink Of An Eye

This silver dagger was obviously a magic artifact; it even had a menacing, silvery glint on its blade.

Wade's innate defense spell immediately materialised into an armour of vines to protect him, but he was still pierced through by the silver white dagger.

As much as Wade was not resigned to his fate, he crashed to the ground, dyeing the area in a pool of red.

The brown yellow boards contorted, finally turning into the shape of a black figure.

"You guys had only noticed the changes that I, Thousand Faces, had made, but you forgot that the darkness can turn into a shadow and attach itself to any object…"

Wade was severely injured, and did not have much spiritual force or magic power left, so naturally, the vines that bound Thousand Faces had now slackened.

Thousand Faces massaged his wrist as he smirked.

Ka-Cha!*

Suddenly, a flashing arc of red light pierced through his neck, causing blood to spurt out from his throat.

"It's a pity that you have also underestimated us from the Four Seasons Garden!"

Pu!* A member of the Four Seasons Corps, who seemed to be a team leader, retrieved his blood-red sword and pointed it at the location where the shadow was.

With another flash of red light, the thorny prison appeared once more, encircling Wade.

Not only could the prison of thorns be used to ensnare and kill enemies, it was also used as a form of a barrier for allies.

"Protect the Lord! Leave him to me!" This team leader exclaimed.

Shortly after, four long, blood-red shadows pierced the skies, appearing outside the prison of thorns.

"Thousand Faces died just like that!" Shadow looked around in disbelief.

In accordance with the current mess in the office, many Magi had lost their ability to move after that high-energy bomb. However, with the protection of their blood-red armour and innate spells, the members of the Four Seasons Corps did not receive serious injuries. They had already moved and completely blocked Shadow's escape route.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

Shadow constantly surveyed his surroundings and roared with rage. "Despicable! I was deceived! What happened to the support that the organisation promised me? Where is it?"

Based on this situation, it seemed that Thousand Meddling Hands had issued them missions, but hidden a lot of important information. They had probably also promised some false rewards.

"Hmph! They are truly dark Magi! When it comes to this sort of situation, they'll only care about themselves!"

The leader of the Four Seasons Corps snorted and then pointed at the place with the seal. "Team 2 is to guard that area. Do not let anyone get in there!"

A small group from the Four Seasons Corps immediately dashed to the seal spell formation, and a red circle of light brightened again.

The leader waved his blood-red longsword, aiming it at Shadow.

"You make me angry! In the fifty years that I've been carrying out missions, it's the first time that my target has been hurt! Are you ready to pay the price?"

Energy particles constantly shimmered around his body as a formidable spiritual force emitting from his body and engulfing Shadow.

His gaze was especially sharp as if he was staring at prey that he had settled on, which caused Shadow to shudder in fear.

"Wait, wait… We can discuss this. I know a lot of information about the Thousand Meddling Hands. We can work together…"

Shadow yelled out insincere words that attracted attention, a layer of magic that was so thin it was almost invisible flickering under his feet.

Shua!*

His body transformed into a black streak, basically surpassing the limits of what the naked eye could see. In an instant, he charged out of the circle of the Four Seasons Corps Magi that had trapped him within.

Shadow flickered a few times and separated into a few similar-looking black shadows that dashed in various directions.

Ka ka!*

In response to this, the team leader merely laughed condescendingly and fiercely stabbed his blood-red longsword into a wooden floorboard in front of him.

Ripples that were like ocean waves extended throughout the area.

A brown "human figure" sprung out of the ripples.

Rumble!* The leader quickly came before Shadow, his blood-red longsword slashing across and forming a bright arc.

Ka-cha!* The transparent armour and pendant at Shadow's chest shattered just like that. The longsword then ruthlessly sliced into his chest, spilling fresh blood everywhere.

Pak!* Shadow fell heavily, and the leader of the Four Seasons Corps approached. With his right foot, which was clad in a metal shoe, he stepped on Shadow's chest. "Run! Why are you running?"

Ka-cha! Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

Tiny, and yet piercing, sounds of bones breaking was heard from Shadow's chest.

Large amounts of foam and blood spilled out of the corner of Shadow's mouth as if he wanted to say something.

That round of intense battle had happened so quickly. In almost ten or so seconds, all of this had happened, and the Magi who had fallen were unable to react at all.

At this point, the faint black mist had yet to completely disperse.

"Hm? Wait, no!" The leader who was stepping on the chest of Shadow suddenly turned, his expression changing to one of alarm and anger.

Then, he simply gave up on Shadow and rushed to the front of the seal spell formation.

"Blood Restraint!" The leader's large hands grabbed forward into the air! Shortly after, a light green human figure was snatched out of thin air.

This figure was very slender and small. It was like a child, with green mist surrounding it.

"Hehe, what keen senses! It seems you're just one step away from becoming a peak rank 1 Magus!"

The person shrouded in green praised with a little boy's voice.

Pak! Pak! Pak!*

A bunch of crystal balls that shimmered with light were thrown out.

Crash! Crash! Crash!* Intense explosions sounded in front of the leader one after another, the immense shockwaves causing him to retreat.

Green mist gathered and turned into a sticky fluid, adhering to the leader's body like superglue.

"Damn it, be careful! Their target has always been the sealing spell formation!" This leader had been caught by the sticky fluid and could only shout.

"Hehe, it's too late!"

The little boy within the mist transformed into an apparition, which the red thorny spell formation had no effect on.

He dashed into the interior of the thorny spell formation, large amounts of green mist emitting from his body.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The four members of the Four Seasons Corps in charge of defense fell to the ground, green mushrooms and spots growing on their faces.

"What a bunch of idiots, this leaves me no choice but to take action myself!"

While speaking, his movements were quick, and he took out a red crystal that was the exact same as the one that Leylin had, pressing it down towards the heart of the spell formation!

This was a self-destructing spell design that completely matched with the spell formation. The moment it was activated, the whole spell formation would destroy itself, along with the body of consciousness that it was attached to.

The moment the core body of consciousness self-destructed, the platinum gate which was the entrance to the secret plane would collapse.

The situation had become extremely dire!

The boy's eyes were glinting with excitement. He could already envision the destruction of the entrance to the secret plane, and the image of the light Magi's flustered and exasperated expressions.

"Gotcha!"

At this moment, a hand that was like white jade emerged from the air and grabbed the little boy's hand, black fog forming a python that crushed the red crystal into powder!

Leylin dispelled Shadow Stealth and quickly grabbed the boy.

The moment his hand touched the little boy, Leylin's palm burst out into crimson flames, burning the green fog till it disappeared, and revealing a Magus who looked like a young boy.

"You…" He pointed at Leylin, preparing to say something in his anger.

But why would Leylin give him the chance to do that? Several blood-red snakes quickly wriggled into the boy's orifices, thus sealing his sea of consciousness and ability to move.

Leylin was still disguising himself as Blood Rogue. All that the other Magi saw was someone in a crimson robe, emitting an evil aura as he appeared out of nowhere and quickly took care of the boy.

After plundering the merit points exchange centre, Leylin had returned to the nearby Reynold's office and, had been lying in wait there.

After waiting till Wade and the sneaky Thousand Faces came, Leylin had an idea and used Shadow Stealth. Like a python lying in wait for an ambush, he patiently waited for his prey to come knocking.

After seeing Thousand Faces killed, Shadow severely injured, and the Four Seasons Corps' attention diverted away, the little boy could no longer wait, and took a chance and acted.

Leylin had made use of the ecstasy and astonishment that the boy had felt while he was on the verge of succeeding, and struck out.

This method of using opportunities in battle could be said to be classic. If not for the A.I. Chip's help in simulations of the operation, Leylin would not have been able to take the boy down so easily.

"I didn't expect you to be hidden this well!" Leylin held on to the back of the little boy's collar, holding the frail and small body with his hand as if he were holding luggage.

As Leylin had sealed the little boy's mouth, he was still unable to speak, and could only glare harshly at Leylin, as if he were wishing that he could hack him to pieces.

This boy was evidently the member of the Thousand Meddling Hands that had threatened Leylin while he was on the way to the Four Seasons Garden.

At that time, he was not even a semi-converted Magus and had almost killed off Leylin, as well as causing him to lose a magic artifact.

But now… Leylin sized up the little boy. From the energy waves emitting from his body, in that short period of time, the boy had not only passed through the bottleneck of being a semi-converted Magus but had advanced until he was just one step away from becoming a peak rank 1 Magus!

This rate of improvement was something that made even Leylin, who had the help of the A.I. Chip, gasp in awe.

"Blood Rogue! It's Thousand Meddling Hands' Blood Rogue! Why did he stop his own comrade?"

The leader of Four Seasons Corps was rinsing himself with milky-white holy water, finally washing all the disgusting green fluid away.

With confusion in his eyes, he approached and resolutely stood before Leylin, thus blocking his way.

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Falling Out

"It's Blood Rogue from the Thousand Meddling Hands! The S ranked fugitive from Nightless City! Though I have no clue why you're helping us, I still want to thank you!"

The leader of the Four Seasons Corps bowed, and then slashed his crimson longsword at Leylin.

"I've thanked you as I should have. Now, leave the prisoners in your possession behind! In return, I will let you go…"

Seeing the leader acting this righteous, Leylin was slightly confused. "Are you stupid? Do you think I'm so easily bullied?"

He guessed that this leader was rather egoistic, though it might have had to do with Leylin concealing his strength. Most people only knew that Blood Rogue was a semi-converted Magus, and were still unaware that he had advanced to a peak rank 1 Magus.

At times like this, incorrect information could cost lives!

"Well then, I apologise!" The leader spoke unenthusiastically, a huge wave of apparitions of sharp swords appearing from the longsword. Like a waterfall, they charged towards Leylin.

"Move! 2nd spell formation!" The leader shouted as he attacked.

With his yell, the Magi of the Four Seasons Corps seemed to have received some order, and other than the four Magi protecting Wade, the other members rushed him.

Tss tss!* Thorny plants constantly grew from their crimson armour.

The vines that appeared from the armour seemed to have self-awareness, grouping together, and forming a green giant that was about five metres tall.

This green giant formed from plants was full of thorns, and sinister black lines filled its body. At the area where its eyes were meant to be, there were two strange purple flowers.

"Awooooo!" The green giant snarled, opening its large hand and grabbing towards Leylin.

"Is their ignorance to the truth causing them to be so fearless?"

Leylin glanced at the leader of the Four Seasons Corps with a pitying look. Next, a black ring emerged from under his feet, climbing up his robes and seemingly draping black armour on his body.

Cling clang! Cling clang!*

Afterimages of red swords struck the black armour, sparks flying everywhere as they produced the immense sounds of a metal sword and armour crashing against each other.

The apparitions of the crimson sword kept falling apart, but the layer of black armour on Leylin's body became increasingly thick, to the point that it began to produce multiple black tendrils.

"This is bad! That level of strength…" The leader's eyes widened and he immediately thought to warn his subordinates, but it was much too late.

Whoosh!* Before the green giant's massive thorny palm had reached its destination, the surrounding air fluctuated and a powerful air stream was generated, blowing so hard that the furniture in the office was strewn apart.

"You don't know when to stop!" While facing this green giant's huge palm, Leylin raised his right hand clad in a black gauntlet, and gently gestured downwards.

From an outsider's point of view, the situation right now was not the least bit balanced. Leylin was like a child in front of the giant, and yet he had raised his slender arm to meet the giant's palm.

However, the green giant seemed to feel extremely threatened and kept roaring, the green rays of light in its hand constantly flickering as its speed increased by three times.

Bang!*

Finally, Leylin's little fist met with the giant's fist that was the size of a water jar, a wave of immense vibrations spreading out in all directions.

The surrounding air seemed to distort, and then all went back to normal.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

One after another, the thorns broke off of and fell from the large hand. This disintegration quickly reached the entire arm, and eventually the large body of the giant.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!*

Thick plant roots and vines slid off the body of the giant, black cracks constantly extending until it was on the verge of tearing the body of the giant apart!

Bang!* Finally, after a rumbling loud noise, the green giant's body was broken down into tiny pieces that flew in all directions.

Boom! Boom! Boom!*

The massive shockwave created extended miraculously to the bodies of the Four Seasons Corps' members that were surrounding Leylin.

The crimson armour on their bodies shook, and then broke apart.

The Magi completely paled and retreated a few steps, some of them coughing up large amounts of blood.

"Peak rank 1 Magus! You've already reached the peak of rank 1!"

The leader of the Four Seasons Corps stared fixedly at Leylin's mask, as if trying to carve his appearance into his memory.

In a situation where rank 2 Magi seldom appeared, peak rank 1 Magi were the most powerful beings in the south coast. The rise in the power of Blood Rogue was much too fast and too astonishing; this leader definitely could not let his guard down.

At this moment, fear was apparent in the leader's gaze.

"Sigh… Some things will be only resolved through violence!"

Leylin still maintained his pose where he held the little boy, and his other hand formed a mysterious hand seal and tapped against the ground.

"Shadow Domain!" A pitch-black shadow emerged from under his feet and quickly formed a dense, black sphere, crazily spreading to the surroundings.

……

In that instant, black shadows engulfed the Magi who were in the office…

Shua shua!* Within the darkness, there seemed to be the sounds of someone moving quickly, and the low, miserable human moans that one would make before they died.

Enshrouded by the shadows, where even light magic was useless, the Magi of the Four Seasons Corps were basically blind.

Thankfully, this was only sustained for a short period of time. Several minutes later, the dense darkness dispersed from the office, revealing the figures of a few Magi. As for Leylin, who they had encircled previously, he was now nowhere to be found.

"Leader! What should we do?"

A Magus struggled to stand and came to the leader of Four Seasons Corps.

However, he found a very strange expression on his leader's face. There were hints of terror, as well as disbelief.

"Leader! Leader! What's with you?" This Magus suddenly began to feel slightly afraid, extending his right hand, and thinking of shaking his leader's arm.

Pak!* Just as this Magus' hand touched his leader's clothes, his body turned into black ashes like a bubble that had been popped, dispersing everywhere.

Pak pak pak!* As if triggering some chain reaction, some of the Magi around him also exploded, leaving behind black mist.

As the surviving Magi gazed at the mist, a suffocating sense of dread weighed down on their hearts.

……

Shua!* While still holding the little boy, Leylin's body transformed into a black hurricane that travelled around the headquarters, which had turned into a battlefield.

As he was moving at a very high speed, the Magi of both domains could only see a flickering black figure, which then completely disappeared.

Pak!*

Upon finding an empty area that was far from the battlefield, he threw the little boy to the ground.

"Blood Rogue, what are you doing?" The little boy rolled a few times, body covered in soil and mud. However, he seemed to have regained his ability to speak and spoke coldly the moment he stood up.

"Stop with your nonsense and get Giant to come here!"

Leylin exclaimed.

"It's a very crucial time now, and even I can't contact him…" A strange expression appeared on his face as he explained.

Immediately after, however, he was kicked aside by Leylin.

Though Leylin had allowed the little boy to regain his ability to speak, he had evidently not unsealed his sea of consciousness. The little boy's frail body spun in mid-air several times, and then fell.

Crack!* From the sounds of bones breaking produced from within his body, it seemed as if a few ribs had been broken.

Looking cool and collected, Leylin advanced, and like holding a duck, he grabbed the boy by the neck and lifted him up.

"I don't have much patience, so it's better if you don't try to test my limits. Don't think that I know nothing about the relationship between you and him!"

Though Leylin sounded calm, the boy who Leylin was glaring at felt empty inside. Under Leylin's relentless gaze, he felt as if the other man could see through him and know all his secrets

"No! How can that be…? I've always been very careful about it…" A myriad of thoughts flashed past the little boy's mind, and he eventually gave in.

"Be quick about it!" Leylin loosened his grip, and the boy immediately fell to the ground.

"Cough cough…" The boy sat on the ground, two hands cradling his neck, on which purple marks were already apparent.

Without requesting Leylin to unseal his sea of consciousness, he quietly sat in a corner, as if in a daze.

Unexpectedly, Leylin actually waited for him.

It did not take long, and a few minutes later, green mist permeated the air and filled the area.

"What do you need me for? Don't you know that our plan has entered a state of emergency, Leylin?!"

Giant's voice was as hoarse as before, but this time, Leylin was able to hear fury in his voice… along with worry?

"Kill him! Quick, kill him!"

At this moment, the little boy who had been staring blankly to the side suddenly burst into hysterics. Green mist had been protecting him, thus allowing him to regain his power.

"Our entire plan fell through because of him! Also, he actually dared to treat me in this way! I want him dead!"

The boy glared at Leylin, his eyes full of venomous anger.

"I know." Giant briefly nodded, looking at Leylin. "What do you have to say for yourself about your slip ups in the past, as well as the thwarting of our plan this time?"

As Giant spoke, the mist in the surroundings became increasingly stronger, to the point that bushes and soil began to emit white smoke, and melted like ice.

"What I have to say?"

Leylin smirked, and then snapped his fingers.

Pak!* The little boy's expression suddenly froze, and his brain exploded open like a watermelon.

"If you want an explanation, does this work?"

Leylin grinned widely.

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Flaming Serpent

Faced with the little boy's head exploding like a watermelon, the green mist distorted, revealing a heavily muscled figure that was more than 2 meters in height. For a moment, his head was visible, but he covered his head, his eyes bloodshot and glowing red.

"You actually…... You actually killed him……"

Giant roared, as if the little boy was very important to him. Seeing Leylin unceremoniously kill the little boy instead of letting him go, Giant was on the brink of going ballistic.

Tendrils of green mist rushed towards Leylin, looking like a swarm of moths and bees, and appeared to envelop Leylin like a huge cloud.

Chi Chi!* Green meridians crawled over the muscles of Giant's body like small snakes. Then his body grew instantly, increasing in height by more than three meters. The hairs on his head stood straight up, facing the sky like small thorns.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Are you afraid?"

Leylin sneered, and immediately, black smoke billowed from his body, rising and dispersing into the air.

A trace of the black gas condensed to form numerous black snakes.

The bodies of those black snakes had fine black scales, and each had a pair of bean-sized eyes that exuded an unnatural, devilish red light. The snakes constantly hissed, and went to meet that green swarm of bees and moths.

Peng!*

For a moment, the two big groups — the wisp of green gas and the den of black snakes — immediately mingled, and there were all kinds of sounds of biting, hissing, and other sounds all constantly emanating from within the green mist.

"Ah! I will kill you, I swear! I shall break all the bones in your body; I will make you regret being born into this world!"

Giant howled as he crouched and jumped.

Boom!* A huge pit immediately appeared on the ground, soil and rocks flying outwards like bullets, and creating sparks in the air.

With this momentum, Giant's body was like a fiery arrow heading straight for Leylin.

"Kemoyin's Scales!" A layer of fine black scales covered Leylin's hands, from which spreaded rings of black light. The black colour from the scales turned even more vivid, and vaguely formed a design that was similar to a rune!

Following which, the muscles on Leylin's arm bulged, and his strength of 20.1 was then displayed!

Boom!*

Green and black figures fiercely slammed into each other, explosions continuously sounding out.

The two human figures flickered as they fought. Anything that the shockwaves from their battle brushed past, whether it was rocks or wood, would immediately explode into pieces.

Bang!* Leylin's left hand blocked Giant's fist. As quick as lightning, his right hand turned into a claw, blood-red flames burning as it headed straight for Giant's chest, where his heart was.

Currently, Giant's two hands were rendered immobile by Leylin, and it was basically impossible to evade an attack that was so close.

Giant's expression became resolute and he adjusted his position, avoiding that fatal claw at his chest! However, his right chest had been caught by Leylin's Crimson Palm, and a huge chunk of flesh and blood flew out.

"Bone Piercing Technique!" Giant yelled, and his arms spread wide. Not dodging nor avoiding any attacks, he charged straight for Leylin.

Tss! Tss! Tss! Tss! Tss!*

White bone spikes rapidly pierced through Giant's skin, growing out from inside his body.

Ka-cha!* Leylin's right hand was the first to be struck by the bone spike.

There were some spiral designs on the bone spikes that, upon contact, drilled into whatever it hit.

The revolving spikes first broke through the crimson flames, and then struck the surface of Leylin's right arm, which was covered in Kemoyin's Scales.

The extremely piercing sound of metal scraping against metal sounded; it could also be said to sound like a woman's screams. Leylin's brows furrowed, and he quickly moved back.

"Haha! If you're only thinking of leaving now, it's much too late!"

Giant laughed heartily, ignoring the blood that was gushing all over his body, and spread his arms. His posture was like someone giving a bear hug, he brought his arms together and was ready to prick Leylin till he became like a porcupine.

"This distance… Shadow Stealth!"

A large amount of light appeared on the surface of Leylin's black, scaly armour. He then disappeared into thin air.

"You thought that I wouldn't have prepared against this?"

After losing track of Leylin, Giant looked around and suddenly shouted, and then breathed in deeply.

Two streams of white gas that even the naked eye could see entered Giant's nostrils like dragons, bulging his chest to a noticeable degree.

After this, Giant made a lengthy howl, "Awooooo!"

The piercing sound travelled in all directions, and one could even see ripples in the air, with Giant at the epicentre.

An entire layer of the ground was peeled off by the soundwaves, and the green fog of moth and bees in the air, as well as Leylin's little black snakes, exploded from the soundwaves, turning into vapour.

The fog was pushed further and further away by the soundwaves and eventually disappeared.

As Giant's voice increased to a higher pitch, the insects and moles in the area simply exploded in the air, forming a bloody mist.

Weng!*

With some undulations in the air and a flash of black light, Leylin's body flickered from his camouflage.

"I found you, you damned worm!" Giant snarled, the spikes on his body growing more densely and constantly rotating. He was like a human killing machine, charging ahead blindly and turning all the trees and rocks that obstructed him into powder.

"Latent Fireball!" Leylin's gestured, and countless black fireballs converged into a giant jet black, flaming fireball.

With the added bonus from Leylin's elemental essence conversion, the latent fireball currently had a power of 57 degrees. It could even be said to be the maximum amount of power that a rank 1 Magus could produce!

The moment the black fireball appeared, the temperature of the surroundings rose, and the earth began to melt, with some of it evaporating into black smoke.

"Go!"

Leylin pointed at Giant, and the black fireball kept stretching until it formed a python that blazed with black flames.

The python's eyes were brimming with intelligence as it nimbly floated around, sometimes spitting out flames and blocking Giant's path.

Giant's eyes were fixed on the flaming serpent, the fear in his expression more apparent. Being able to manipulate such a powerful spell that required immense precision showed Leylin's immense talent in this area. His rate of improvement had far exceeded Giant's expectations.

"Hisssss!"

The flaming black serpent hissed while coiling around Giant's body.

Ka-cha!* The black flames that brought blazing heat with them crashed into the white armour made of bone spikes!

Rumble!* The raging flames constantly ascended, turning into a giant black inferno.

At the heart of the inferno, Giant's figure that was filled with bone spikes stood silently within, looking quite pale.

The air constantly distorted, shrinking inwardly and seemingly turning into a black hole. It kept sucking in all matter around, getting smaller and smaller.

Rumble!*

Then, a huge black mushroom cloud gradually rose from the ground.

Immense energy waves constantly dispersed in all directions, to the point that even Magi from both factions who were battling at the Four Seasons Garden's headquarters could feel this power, which could destroy the heavens and the earth!

"Has the two great rank 2 Magi's fight brought them here?"

A young light Magus stopped what he was doing, "What do we do? Should we go take a look? Those are rank 2 Magi! I've never seen one fight before!"

Pak!*

Immediately after, the back of his head was firmly struck. The youthful light Magus turned back and pitifully looked at a Magus with a white beard, "Teacher! Did I say anything wrong?"

The old light Magus' face was full of wrinkles, but his eyes sparkled with wisdom. He did not hesitate in the least and struck the young Magus' head again.

"Why are you still in a daze? Get out of here! Just the aftershocks from the rank 2 Magi's battle is enough to annihilate you without leaving a speck of dust behind!"

The old Magus was obviously very wise and had many life experiences. He knew that this high-level battle between Magi was a disaster for regular people and even low ranked Magi such as themselves!

"Hm? What?"

The young light Magus had yet to react.

"Look!" The old Magus yanked him by the hair and made him look in the direction of the battle.

At this moment, the young Magus suddenly discovered that the dark and light Magi who had been battling had all given up. as if they had reached a mutual understanding, and were moving in the opposite direction of the mushroom cloud.

"Do you see that now? Only a rookie like you would even think of watching a battle between rank 2 Magi."

The old Magus pulled the young Magus along as he spoke, green hurricanes under his feet as he used invisible gusts to wind to send both of them far away.

……

In the middle of the black mushroom cloud.

The previous explosion had left a large crater that was more than ten metres wide. At the heart of the pit was a seemingly bottomless hole that was sending out black luster, as if it was a direct pathway to the core of the earth.

Boom!*

A white human figure surrounded by green mist fell to the ground, along with shards of bone that had shattered.

Pak!* Giant struck the ground, carving out long troughs as his body ploughed through the floor.

He looked to be extremely pitiful, with more than half the bone spikes on his body gone and his right arm missing. There were serious injuries all over his body.

Xiu!*

A black figure appeared in front of him, and what appeared next was a pair of phantom, blood-red flaming claws!

"Crimson Palm!" Leylin, on the other hand, was completely fine. He was also very satisfied with the strength of the latent fireball, which he had released with his full strength.

There was no expression on his face as he calmly dealt out the final blow to Giant!

Giant struggled and crawled a little, but the phantom crimson claws mercilessly caught hold of his two legs.

Ka-cha!*

Giant's legs snapped, and there were even crimson flames climbing towards his body from the legs.

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The Appearance of Rank 2 Magus

"Giant, when you first decided to exploit me to detonate the seal, did you ever imagine that things would turn out like this?"

Leylin slowly walked forward, a strange look in his eyes.

He calmly raised his blood-red right hand, preparing to send out another magical attack!

Xiu!* At this very moment, a figure separated from Giant's body, the energy waves from its body indicating that it was also a peak rank 1 Magus! It pounced towards Leylin at a very high speed.

"Eye of Hallucination!" After this command, an apparition of a vertical eye appeared behind this figure.

The apparition let out dusky light with various colours flashing past. Anyone who even chanced a glance at it would be dazzled and feel dizzy.

Two black magic artifacts in the form of daggers appeared in the figure's hands, moving like a viper as they struck towards Leylin's vital areas.

This attack was very sudden, and the assailant was a peak rank 1 Magus who specialised in sneak attacks. Even if it was a Magus like Marb, he would suffer greatly!

Strangely enough, there were no signs of shock on Leylin's face. Instead what appeared was a grin as if he had expected it.

"You've finally appeared?"

Next, a cross-shaped, dark red pendant over his neck produced large amounts of dull red rays of light, and his body was covered with a layer of dense scales.

Leylin's eyes had also turned into amber vertical pupils. Two rays of petrifying light were shot out of his eyes, piercing into the apparition of the vertical eye.

"Ahh!" Ashen gray rays of petrification ripped open the apparition, and a circle of petrification spread throughout the body of the black figure, causing him to yell miserably.

"Crimson Palm!" Leylin's hands were covered with three layers of protection. The innermost layer was black — the Kemoyin's Scales. The middle one was a dull red — an apparition from the Falling Star Pendant — and the outermost one was the protection from Crimson Palm's flames.

The three layers produced different colours as they alternately sparkled on Leylin's hands.

Leylin welcomed the two black daggers that were headed for him.

Boom! Boom!*

Though the black daggers emitted the energy waves of middle-grade magic artifacts, they bounced away from Leylin.

Leylin's Crimson Palm then unhesitatingly struck the chest of the black figure.

Rumble!*

It was obvious that the black figure's chest had caved in, and it was coupled with the ear-piercing sound of bones breaking.

Boom!* The figure was flung to the ground, revealing a Magus that Leylin was very familiar with.

"Team leader Caesar, what are you doing here? And can you also explain why you chose to appear in such a strange way?"

Leylin came before Caesar and enquired.

From his tone, it was obvious that Leylin was not surprised at Caesar's appearance here.

"Cough cough…" The dark figure who had launched a sneak attack was, as expected, Caesar.

However, he looked to be in a bad state, constantly coughing out blood, and his face ashen. Around his third vertical eye on his forehead, there was a ring of gray stone. This was the effect of the Eye of Petrification, and it was still spreading.

"You…… When did you find out?" Caesar did not reply to Leylin's question, and instead, countered with another question.

"From the very beginning! In all honesty, I really admire you for daring to train in "Three Spirits In A Body", which is an extremely dangerous ancient secret technique. You actually succeeded and forcefully separated your spirit into three portions!"

Admiration was apparent in Leylin's expression.

He had previously used the A.I. Chip to simulate Caesar's trump card, and then heavily researched about ancient secret techniques like these.

Even in ancient times, these kinds of techniques were considered to be very dangerous. Only lunatics would choose to train in them, as they forcefully separated a Magus' soul into three parts, each having their own will, and having the ability to be spread apart or merged together in crucial moments.

In other words, a person would be separated into three individuals. As long as a single body remained alive, the other 2 bodies could be resurrected given enough resources.

This was basically a secret technique that defied the heavens.

The situation was now very obvious.

Caesar, Giant, and the little boy were the different bodies of a single Magus who practised "Three Spirits In A Body," and Caesar was a spy who was buried the deepest in Four Seasons Garden, and the instigator of this entire thing!

Leylin had found it strange that the Thousand Meddling Hands knew so much about the Four Seasons Garden, were able to come up with a spell design to destroy the seal linked to the core body of consciousness, and possessed a map of the locations of the defense squads.

From the looks of it, with Caesar, the leader of the hunting team, as a spy, everything made sense.

Caesar forced a laugh, "It's far from a success. Originally, if the boy had been able to become a peak rank 1 Magus as well, I would have been able to merge all three bodies and try to advance to become a rank 2 Magus! It's a pity, though…"

While speaking, a ring of stone-like skin had spread from the sides of Caesar's third eye, almost reaching his nose.

"Why did you lure us here?"

Caesar asked while lying on the ground, without activating any defence formation. He was now aware that he would not be able to withstand even a blow from Leylin and was not going to humiliate himself by trying to protect himself.

"You're smart! I want to make a trade with you. I hope that…"

"No! Don't listen to him! Kill him! I want to kill him!" Giant, who was seriously injured, began to yell.

Leylin sighed as he held his head, "Looks like I have to take care of all the troublesome matters first!"

He could clearly tell that out of all the three bodies that Caesar had, only Caesar himself was relatively sane. Giant and the little boy obviously had a few screws loose, which might have been a side effect of the technique.

The little boy's craziness was possibly even a level above Giant. After his death, his maniacal tendencies were transferred to Giant.

Out of everyone present, Caesar was probably the only one willing to listen to his proposition. Giant was just an obstruction!

At this thought, Leylin's eyes were filled with a murderous aura; he was prepared to act right away!

Even if Giant and the little boy died, Caesar would still be able to revive them given a lot of resources, and as long as he was still around. It would just take a little more time.

Caesar and Giant were currently heavily injured, and it was impossible for them to fight back.

"Young man, can you stop now?"

Just as Leylin was about to move forward and deal the final blow to Giant, an aged voice sounded by his ear.

A silver ring of spiritual force descended upon the battlefield.

This spiritual force was incredibly malicious and strong, to the point that the air was distorting. Silver spiritual force formed a large hand, which picked up Giant.

The silver hand formed out of spiritual force was extremely sturdy. The flames from Leylin's Crimson Palm were still burning fiercely, but there seemed to be no effect on the hand.

Grains of solidified spiritual force constantly fluttered around, slowly extinguishing the crimson flames on Giant's legs.

"Spiritual force solidification!"

As he watched the silver, solidified spiritual force, Leylin suddenly thought back to the Gargamel that he had seen previously.

That being formed out of evilness also had the strength of a rank 2 Magus, and at that point in time, Leylin was basically helpless against it.

"A rank 2 Magus from the Thousand Meddling Hands?"

Leylin halted his footsteps.

The silver hand sent the heavily wounded Giant before a Magus donned in black robes.

This Magus was tall and slender but was surrounded by a terrifying spiritual force that even Leylin was fearful of. His eyes were a sparkling green, and anyone who saw him would feel immense fear from the evilness they gave off.

"Father! Father! After killing my 'little boy' spirit, he actually tried to kill me, the only member of your bloodline! He must pay the price in blood!"

Giant curled up beside the dark Magus, beginning to wail like a little child.

Caesar, on the other side, called out 'Father', his face ashen.

"So this dark Magus is actually Caesar's father!" Leylin realised. However, something that the rank 2 dark Magus threw over made him feel anxious.

It was the head of a Magus. Its skin was pale, and its face was full of wrinkles. Leylin was extremely familiar with this face, as he had actually seen it not long ago.

"Reynold! You actually killed him!" Leylin's eyes widened.

This rank 2 Magus was even more powerful than Leylin had expected, to actually be able to behead Reynold, who was also a rank 2 Magus!

Pak!* at this moment, the petrification on Caesar's face had extended to his neck, and his expression was still as if he had become a statue.

Rumble!*

A streak of green flames began to burn, and the dark Magus traversed through space and arrived in front of Caesar.

"Ancient Petrification Technique?" His voice was hoarse, like two metal pieces scraping against each other.

"Don't worry, my child!" The dark Magus extended a pair of thin arms, which had green spores on them, and caressed Caesar's stone head.

Bzzz!* Milky white light descended onto Caesar's head.

Within the light, greyish white stone skin fell off bit by bit, revealing Caesar's original skin tone.

"Thank you, father! Also, he…" Caesar began to whisper in the dark Magus' ear, and the Magus constantly nodded.

Upon seeing this scene, Giant, who was not far away, glared furiously like a child who had his sweets stolen. There was even some jealousy as he stared hard at Caesar.

"Aren't you all the same person? Are you jealous of yourself?"

Leylin was speechless.

At this point, Caesar was done speaking. The rank 2 Magus turned his gaze to Leylin.

A powerful burst of spiritual force was fixed upon Leylin, to the point that he felt as if he was standing stark naked in a field of snow.

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Concede

"Your name is Leylin, and Blood Rogue is your alias, yes? Very good! You actually dared to thwart my plan!"

The dark Magus laughed coldly, and suddenly made his move!

Silver solidified spiritual force controlled the energy particles in the air, turning into a large, colourful tide that was several times larger what Leylin was able to produce. It rushed towards Leylin like a tempest, covering the heavens and the earth.

"So strong! Whether it's to catalyse or cast a spell using solidified spiritual force, the effects are far greater than that of us rank 1 Magi with our invisible spiritual force!"

Leylin's expression was grim as his pupils turned amber.

Behind him, large amounts of dark energy particles converged, turning into the terrifying form of a large, black python.

The python was ten metres long, its eyes were the same amber colour as Leylin's, and the scales on its body emitted rings of black rays while it kept hissing.

Rumble!* The python slammed into the tide of elemental particles like a huge ocean wave crashing against a reef, producing a monstrous sound like that of said ocean waves.

In the midst of the colourful rays of light, the apparition of the black python and the elemental wave were extinguished. Immense pillars of wind rose towards the heavens and then rushed down low, before forming immense gales that swept across the surrounding area.

Leylin quickly retreated four or five steps, his face pale, and two streams of blood dripping from his nostrils.

"Hoho, you're not half bad! Out of all the rank 1 Magi that I've seen, you're probably the strongest. You're currently bordering a rank 2 Magus!"

The dark Magus was unmoving, the only sound being the wind rustling his clothes.

"But it's a pity! A rank 1 Magus is still only rank 1, and there still remains a huge gap between us! The feeling of personally killing a genius is really making me feel intoxicated…"

The dark Magus mumbled to himself, the dark green light in his eyes suddenly intensifying to the point that it started to solidify into two beams of light.

"Anguished Howl of — Cough cough…"

Just as the dark Magus was about to attack, the light from his body began to flicker, and he started to violently cough.

Rings of green light flashed as things that looked like plants began to emerge from his body. The green spores on his hands began to sprout, and green plant tendrils grew and spreaded across his body.

"So, killing a rank 2 Magus like Reynold was not without a price."

While observing this scene, Leylin came to a conclusion. The dark Magus must have suffered some serious injuries in killing a rank 2 Magus like Reynold.

This was advantageous to him for the next part of his plan.

At this moment, the platinum gate to the secret plane suddenly rumbled. The energy waves produced were very distinct, to the point that Leylin could feel them from his current location.

Afterwards, an unknown existence that must have been at least a rank 2 Magus passed through the gate of the secret plane and approached them.

"You darn dark bastards! Receive the judgement of lightning!"

This voice was full of anger, seemingly full of raging flames.

Hualala!*

Countless blue bolts of lightning that were like crazed serpents scattered all over the sky and fell like raindrops.

Ka-cha!* An electric current that was as wide as a bucket struck a dark Magus who did not have the opportunity to dodge.

This dark Magus immediately turned into ashes in the midst of the lightning, his body crumbling away.

Boom! Boom! Boom!* The platinum entrance to the secret plane spat out light. Every time it flashed, groups of light Magi descended into the area.

These light Magi were dressed in uniform, and the metallic smell of blood was apparent on their bodies.

Compared to the dark Magi, who were already experts in battles, the division of work between the light Magi was even more efficient. The Magi who were specialised in battles were extremely experienced in bloody battles. Some even had a strength that rivalled the dark Magi!

With the help of these light Magi, the tide was turned. Rather than the Four Seasons Garden, the dark Magi of Thousand Meddling Hands lost their advantage.

"They're here! The reinforcements from the light Magi Alliance!" Leylin mumbled.

He quickly glanced at the dark Magi, who were being suppressed by the bolts of lightning.

"Look, my lord! The reinforcements of the light Magi have arrived. Are you still confident in destroying the gate to the secret plane?"

Leylin gave a slight smile as he asked.

"No, but I think this little bit of time I have left is enough for me to kill you before I retreat!" The dark Magus was silent for a moment, and then sneered.

"Is that so?" The rune of the suction spell formation on Leylin's back lit up, and a brownish-yellow spell formation emerged in front of his chest.

In that moment, a brownish-yellow light covered the earth, and the gravity around the area intensified by a factor of almost thirty.

"The ancient suction spell formation and the gravitational spell formation? You're actually using both of them here?"

There was a subtle hint of fear in the dark Magus' voice.

With the added bonus of these two spells, even if he were in his best condition, he did not have the confidence that he would be able to take down Leylin. Presently, his strength was depleted and his opponent would definitely be able to escape.

"I'm actually still on the dark Magi's side. After all, a leopard can't change its spots!"

Leylin spoke hurriedly and quickly, "Rather than completely destroying the gate to the secret plane, I believe that gaining possession of it will be of even more value."

His voice had a bewitching quality to it.

"What does that mean?" The dark Magus asked coldly but stopped his attack.

"Currently, Reynold's already dead, the team leaders of all the main divisions are dead, and Caesar and I may very well be the Magi with the most authority here! The reinforcements from the light Magi will have to leave eventually. Once that happens, and before a new member is assigned here from headquarters, we'll be the people with the highest authority, and will consequently be in charge."

Leylin was expressionless. "Once that happens, we'll continue to cooperate with you in secret, and give you access to the spell formations and defence formations here. Wouldn't that make everything easier?"

The dark Magus considered for a while, and then solemnly pondered over this question. It must be noted that this was a very attractive proposal, and was very much viable. After Leylin said this, he could even feel the dark Magus tremble a little.

"We can assassinate him or make him a scapegoat. Anyways, all we need is some time. By the time headquarters finds out what had happened, we'd be long gone…" Leylin answered swiftly.

"What do you think?"

The dark Magus glanced at Caesar, who was already standing.

Caesar was silent. "I think it's possible. Considering that our original plan has already failed, the situation can't possibly get any worse than this!"

There was actually something else that both Leylin and the dark Magus had not pointed out.

When that happened, even if the rank 2 dark Magus would be able to escape, his sons, Caesar and Giant, would definitely die here!

Leylin was, of course, not so daring as to blackmail them so blatantly, but his hidden threat had been understood.

"I don't trust you! Unless you let me give you a branding of your consciousness…" The dark Magus slowly spoke.

"Impossible!"

Leylin resolutely refused. Though receiving a branding of consciousness was slightly better than receiving a branding of the spirit, who knew what a rank 2 Magus could do? He didn't want to be in a situation where he was unknowingly being controlled.

Leylin had a rascally attitude.

In front of real power, only a person with a strength that others would be jealous of could have the guts to say this.

Though Leylin was not yet on equal grounds with a rank 2 Magi, he was confident that he could survive and escape, resulting in his more brazen attitude.

"A contract with the Trial's Eye. That's the furthest I can go."

The dark Magus pondered silently, and then responded in a low voice.

"…Fine!" Leylin hesitated for a moment and then agreed.

"As compensation for helping you, I'll need a large amount of resources and magic crystals, as well as some high-grade knowledge. After this, you also have to guarantee that I'll be able to enter Lighthouse of the Night. All of these things have to be written into the contract…"

The Magi acted quickly, and minutes later, the dark Magus left with Giant.

Leylin glanced at Caesar, who was standing strangely, with a smile appearing on his face, "Team Leader Caesar! Do you need me to help you back?"

After signing another agreement that could be said to be very harsh with the Trial's Eye, Leylin and Caesar were now allies once more.

In the eyes of the light Magi, the sight of two Magi who were always at odds with each other suddenly becoming friendly was quite strange. However, for the dark Magi, this was just an everyday occurrence. In the dark Magi faction, all sorts of battles happened everyday. Betraying one's alliance for the prospects of more benefits was very common.

"Then I'll leave it to you!" Caesar glanced at Leylin and actually let him assist him back.

Doing something like exposing one's vulnerabilities was unthinkable to the dark Magi, but Leylin could understand what he was thinking.

Previously, Leylin and the rank 2 Magus from the Thousand Meddling Hands had agreed and signed another contract.

Through the Caesar's scrutiny of the contract, the conditions were very harsh. In order to prevent Leylin from making use of any loopholes, Caesar had practically gone through the contract word by word.

He had basically made it impossible for Leylin to do whatever he wanted, not even giving him the chance to go back on his words.

As he had to deal with a rank 2 Magus and the dark Magi alliance, Leylin could only be placed at a slight disadvantage.

In other words, the moment Leylin expressed bad intentions towards Caesar, the power of the contract would devour him before he could even use his magic.

Hence, Caesar was quite trusting of Leylin now.

"We need to work quickly for our objectives regarding Wade!"

Caesar's lips moved slightly, his low voice travelling into Leylin's ear.

As the one in charge of the hunting team, which actually had true authority, Caesar had a very high position in the Four Seasons Garden. He was second only to Reynold, and only a handful of people could match his authority.

What was even more coincidental was that a few peak rank 1 Magi had died on the battlefield for a variety of reasons. Some had even been personally killed by Leylin!

As long as Wade was disposed of, Caesar would immediately be in control of everything!

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Lightning Corp

Leylin reflected briefly.

Currently, in the entire Eternal River Plains' secret plane, the Four Seasons Garden had received a fatal blow.

Other than Reynold, a great elder, the combat and defense team leaders had all died in battle. The person in charge of the merit points exchange centre had been killed by Leylin, and it was unknown whether Wade, the envoy from the headquarters, was dead or alive.

Leylin was stunned at the discovery that in the headquarters of Four Seasons Garden in the secret plane, there might only be two peak rank 1 Magi here — Caesar and himself.

Under these circumstances, it would be an easy task to exploit his authority in the headquarters.

Though the headquarters in the external world was sure to react quickly, dispatching large numbers of Magi and even rank 2 Magi here to investigate, that would take time!

Caesar and Leylin could use this time to further diminish the power of the Four Seasons Garden and create opportunities for the dark Magi.

By the time the light Magi found out, the battle array of the defence would have been controlled thoroughly by dark Magi, and the situation would be set.

Even if there were to be another large war, with the dark Magi in charge of four entrances and three under the light Magi's control, the dark Magi would have an advantage.

Leylin had thrown out such tempting bait, which was how he had gotten the dark Magus to bite!

"It's Lord Caesar! And Patrolling Inspector Leylin!"

As they approached the headquarters of the Four Seasons Garden, the figures of Leylin and Caesar were quickly noticed by the large remaining numbers of the light Magi. The surviving members quickly came forward to greet them.

Leylin ran his eyes over everyone. These Magi's robes were in tatters, and there were traces of dust and blood on their faces. To all these Magi who had seen Caesar and Leylin, it was as if they had seen the pillars of their organisations.

"It seems like the loss of the higher levels in Four Seasons Garden is worse than I thought!"

Leylin admitted to himself that in the time he had been a patrolling inspector, he'd done nothing good, instead extorting much from every department. However, after these Magi saw Leylin, they gathered and greeted him, their enthusiasm surprising him to no end.

Unfortunately, there were no longer any peak rank 1 Magus in the Four Seasons Garden. That meant that Caesar and Leylin were the only two peak rank 1 Magi on the light Magi's side, which was why they were welcomed with such enthusiasm and ardent hope.

"If they found out that Caesar and I were the instigators of this recent attack, who knows what expression they would be wearing…"

Leylin was slightly dumbfounded, but he still put on a solemn expression.

"May I know who currently has the highest authority in the Four Seasons Garden?"

At this moment, a Magus with lightning designs on his silver-white robes separated the Magi and approached them.

"I'm Caesar, the team leader of the hunting team. This person here is Magus Leylin, the newly appointed patrolling inspector."

Caesar's face was pale as he spoke.

"We are the Lightning Corps of the light Magi alliance. The leader of our corps would like to meet you."

The Magus' expression was blank, as if he was incapable of expressing emotion. Not caring about Caesar's serious injuries, he forged ahead and led the way.

The surrounding Magi of the Four Seasons Garden cowered and did not dare to move forward.

Compared to a something as large as the light Magi alliance, the Four Seasons Garden was just one of many allies. Also, every single member of the Lightning Corps was at least a semi-converted Magus, which would make them equivalent to the elites of the Four Seasons Corps. Their numbers were greater, and the leader was coincidentally a rank 2 Magus, which was something they could not contend against.

Leylin shrugged his shoulders, met Caesar's gaze, and walked on.

They were naturally familiar with the headquarters here. After walking through an area with destroyed walls, Leylin and Caesar met the leader of the Lightning Corps in a temporary guest hall.

"Are you Caesar? 19 years ago, we met at Reynold's wine reception!"

Unexpectedly, this Magus knew Caesar.

Caesar quickly bowed in greeting, "So it's Lord Desmund!"

Leylin ducked his head and bowed slightly, chancing a glance at this rank 2 Magus.

Desmund had a blue robe draped over his sturdy body, which proudly displayed his chest and bulging muscles. Under his blonde fringe, there was a blue lightning mark on the forehead.

What garnered the majority of Leylin's attention was Desmund's eyes. Every time they blinked, slight electric currents flickered; it was rather astonishing.

"Where did you go?" The rank 2 Magus asked right away.

"My lord! I was previously leading the hunting team in a battle with the dark Magi, which resulted in many casualties. In the end, even I sustained injuries, and it was thanks to Magus Leylin rushing over that I managed to survive…"

Caesar began to narrate a story that he had previously made up.

The gist of it was that he had been defeated in battle, but had been saved by Leylin in the nick of time.

This was a version that he had previously discussed with Leylin, and they had recorded all of the casualties as well.

Of course, Caesar was the sole culprit for the annihilation of his own team members, and the two of them had also shifted a few dark Magus corpses from elsewhere to create the illusion of a battle.

With a rank 2 Magus helping to conceal this matter, it was a large possibility that they would not be found out.

What made Leylin feel relieved the most was that Desmund merely had asked in passing; he nodded, and did not continue with more questions.

Though they were all part of the light Magi alliance, Desmund was an outsider, after all. These were things that required the Four Seasons Garden to dispatch their investigation team and investigate everything properly.

"Hm! You two peak rank 1 Magi, and also Wade, would be the Four Seasons Garden's final force."

Desmund looked solemn.

Teng teng!*

Caesar fell back a few steps, his face full of disbelief, "The last force? Does that mean… Lord Reynold…"

Seeing Caesar's Oscar-worthy acting skills, Leylin was speechless. Although Leylin had appeared to be shocked, his expression was formed with the manipulation of his facial muscles by the A.I. Chip.

If not, with his current acting skills, he would have definitely been seen through by Desmund, a sly old fox. No matter how boorish he looked, he was still a rank 2 Magus, and he would not lose to anyone in terms of intelligence or observational skills.

In comparison, Caesar's performance was remarkable.

"No! I don't believe it! Lord Reynold is a rank 2 Magus, and…" Caesar's eyes glazed over as he kept muttering.

"Though I also find it hard to believe, this is the truth. Reynold has fallen… I felt the extinguishment of his life force. Unfortunately, I arrived too late, else I would have definitely been able to save him. I'm sorry…" Desmund touched his chest, his expression showing regret.

"As Reynold's good friend, I will inherit his dying wish and carry out revenge on the dark Magi!" This corps leader guaranteed.

"Thank you, esteemed lord!" Caesar's face showed his resolution. "After I'm healed, I will immediately apply for missions to take revenge!"

"Hn!"

Desmund nodded, and then clapped his hands.

Rumble!* The floorboards at two ends of the temporary room split open, and a large, translucent, metallic pillar rose from the middle of the room.

The sounds of turning gears sounded from the heart of the pillar. Streams of glowing runes constantly travelled upwards, creating a magical sight.

"This is the core control of the Four Seasons Garden's defensive formation! There had been a powerful interference, and the procedural spell design also had some issues. Don't worry about that though, as I've already fixed it. Based on the rules stated in the alliance's proposed laws, I now announce, in my capacity as the leader of the Lightning Corps, the formation of the Four Seasons Garden's Crisis Team, which will be in charge of the defensive and spell formations. The members will consist of Caesar, Leylin, and Wade. If you have differences in opinions, you should decide based on the majority's decision."

Desmund spoke as if he were reciting, and circles of light that represented a contract and celebration twinkled around the three of them.

"Now then, complete the ceremony for the formation genie to recognise its master!"

Desmund pointed at the metallic pillar in the center of the room. "Press your palm on it. The formation genie will automatically record the aura of your spirit and give you authority."

Caesar nodded, and then placed his palm on the surface of the metal pillar, closing his eyes and seemingly communicating with a body of consciousness.

Moments later, while beaming with admiration, he withdrew his hand.

"Your turn!" Leylin nodded and also placed his hand on the pillar.

The surface of the metallic pillar was very glossy, and there was a strange feeling when he touched it. It was very soft, as if it were not metal, but rather cotton.

It was also different from the iciness of metal. The surface of this pillar gave Leylin a rather warm feeling.

"Recording spiritual aura! Conferring an authority of seven stars!"

A robotic female voice sounded in Leylin's mind. It was different from the A.I. Chip's genderless voice, and was instead a crisp feminine voice.

"Is this a formation genie?"

Leylin was a little rueful. Whether science or magic, when it came down to it, there were basically different means to achieve the same end.

However, this formation genie obviously did not have any intelligence, and could only robotically answer Leylin's queries.

Communication with this conscious was quick, and in a quick ten seconds, Leylin was able to largely grasp what his authority extended to, and the function of the formation genie.

This formation genie was the core of all the defensive spell formations that the Four Seasons Garden had set up. Through the formation genie, one could easily check any single region.

However, this spell formation had previously been heavily interfered with by the dark Magi, which resulted in the unexpectedness of the attack this time.

As for the limits of his authority, this referred to how much manpower he could command. The chain of command consisted of a total of nine stars, with one having the least authority, and nine commanding the most. Leylin currently had a ranking of seven stars, and was therefore capable of dispatching most of the defensive forces in the Four Seasons Garden to besiege anybody, as well as having access to all available information, save a few top secret documents.

In the past, Reynold had had nine stars, and was capable of ordering the formation genie to self-destruct!

Leylin, Wade and Caesar were merely granted seven stars temporarily to deal with this emergency.

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Bribery

"Where's Wade? Why don't I see him right now?"

Caesar asked carelessly after Leylin had also completed the ceremony, and the metal pillar had automatically retracted into the ground.

"He sustained serious injuries and was also cursed by a very troublesome spell."

Hearing this, Desmund's expression darkened.

"It was caused by a dagger soaked in the poison of the Abyssal Spider. I've never seen such a cruel match-up… Though he's already awoken,the poison and curse will eat his flesh and spirit, consuming all the nutrients in his body and turning him into a dried-up corpse."

"In this situation, I suggest that he return to the Four Seasons Garden headquarters as soon as possible. The high-energy purification pool is there, and the elders may be able to find a solution, but unfortunately…"

Desmund spread his arms.

"After receiving news of his teacher's death, Wade has been insisting that he stay behind and return only after the investigations end."

This was troublesome.

It would be the best situation for them if Wade had died or returned to the academy after having sustained injuries. For them right now, what had been a two-man team had now been joined by another, who would be an impediment to them.

"Find an opportunity and kill him!"

In Caesar's eyes, Leylin could see a glint of vehemence.

After that, Desmund, Caesar, and Leylin chatted for a while about the Lightning Corps being stationed here, and other matters concerning living arrangements.

Leylin had never concerned himself with these matters before, so he just shut his mouth and watched Caesar and Desmund speak.

After everything was over, Caesar gave the excuse of treating his injuries and brought Leylin into his room.

Pu!*

A curtain that seemed like a spider web rose in the room, the light covering all blind spots.

"Alright! This is an early warning system that I designed myself. With it around, I'll be able to know even if a rank 2 Magus were to eavesdrop on our conversation." Caesar carelessly picked a chair and sat down.

"Using the silk of the Eight-Clawed Spider, which is extremely sensitive to spiritual force… What an interesting way of thinking."

Leylin surveyed this curtain, eyes flashing with understanding as he sat beside Caesar.

"You're very learned! This type of material is very rare, and only a few people in Nightless City's scholarly institutions are able to recognise this. You should be able to go and pass the exam to become a professor there…"

Caesar sighed in admiration. It astounded him to no end that this spell formation, which had been developed for him by his father, had easily been recognised by Leylin.

"You don't seem to be that worried about Desmund. He's made his stance clear that before the reinforcements and investigation team from the Four Seasons Garden arrive, he will keep watch here. Rank 2 Magi have a lot of tricks; aren't you afraid that he'll discover something?"

Leylin showed no politeness as he asked this team leader, who had once been his superior.

His relationship with Caesar was quite unique. He could now tell that the person who let out the word of his identity within the Thousand Meddling Hands and transferred him here from Nightless City was definitely Caesar! His goal was probably to obtain another helper in the inner circle of the Four Seasons Garden, or perhaps just cannon fodder.

Hence, after seeing through this scheme, Leylin unhesitatingly chose to betray them and injured Caesar to the point that he was near death.

However, with the knowledge that he was backed by a rank 2 Magus, Leylin did not dare to go too far. After all, offending a rank 2 Magus was not a very sensible decision.

"Don't worry about Desmund."

Caesar waved his arms. "Rank 2 Magi all shoulder different responsibilities. When they oversee a place, they are usually unable to leave. I'm familiar with the place Desmund has been guarding; it's the Lightning Region at entrance No. 2 to the Eternal River Plains' secret plane. As long as the dark Magi apply pressure to him from there, Desmund will eventually be transferred back there! After all, that was the region that his academy is in charge of. Let's be real here, even if we fall to the enemy, their academy won't really be affected at all, but if entrance No. 2 is taken over, their academy will receive a large blow…"

Caesar analysed it very logically, displaying his exceptional situational skills and ability to think of the big picture.

"In order to attack entrance No. 2 and put pressure on them, at the very least, a rank 2 dark Magus has to attack. If only we had someone backing us…" Leylin was speechless. Even he was able to come up with such a plan, but he lacked Caesar's background and backing, as to where dark Magi could be dispatched according to his orders.

"I'll take care of everything regarding Desmund. Just focus on one person!"

Caesar turned to gaze at Leylin, his third vertical eye on his forehead blinking.

"Wade?" Leylin touched his chin.

Wade was the first Magus from the Four Seasons Garden that he had met. At the beginning, he had even passed the examination with his help.

"That's right! Desmund is an outsider, after all, and there are many things that he can't do. However, Wade is different. He's an envoy from the headquarters, so he holds a lot of power, and he is also the student of Reynold. He can easily take over the connections and resources that Reynold had, and is a huge obstruction to our plan!"

Caesar's tone was extremely serious and was practically one of fear.

"You don't want this plan to ultimately fail either, do you? You've signed the agreement, and the moment things fail, your spirit will self-destruct and leave nothing behind."

Caesar's eyes seemed to give out dark rays that shot towards Leylin.

"Don't worry! I'll silence him!"

Leylin was silent for a while and then spoke.

"Alright! I've contacted the Four Seasons Garden's headquarters in the external world. The elders are in a frenzy, and the entirety of the Four Seasons Corps will be dispatched here, along with a rank 2 Magus!"

Caesar also gave more news, "Five days! We have, at most, five more days!"

What he and Leylin needed to do within this time period was to push out Desmund and Wade, and hand over the defensive spell formation and core of the secret plane to the dark Magi.

As long as all of that was done, all entrances to the secret plane would belong to the dark Magi.

"Five days is enough!" Leylin stood up and left. As he walked out the door, he turned back and smiled at Caesar. "Also, remember! I don't like the look in that middle eye of yours. It's disgusting!"

Pak!* The door slammed shut, and the expression on Caesar's face darkened.

"Despicable!" With a swipe of his arm, the cup, documents, and other items on the table fell to the ground, producing the crisp sound of objects colliding.

"If not for my "Three Spirits in a Body" still being incomplete, and me needing him to help me in my plan… I'll kill him! I swear on it!"

Caesar's facial muscles contorted.

For him to be defeated by Leylin, who he had looked down upon in the past, was an absolute humiliation. Also, as he was not better than Leylin, and even had to concede in some matters; it was like reopening old wounds and exposing them to the scorching sun.

What made him more furious was that Leylin had actually killed the little boy, and had inflicted heavy injuries on Giant!

These two Magi were the other spirits that were part of the trio from his body. Though they had different personalities, it could be said that out of the three people, including himself, one had been killed and the other two had been seriously injured! This hatred was definitely not something that a contract could restrict.

Caesar had concealed it well, but Leylin could see through it.

"It's a pity… So what if he knows? I admit that you're a genius and even the kind that's one in a million! But so what? You're now bound by the contract and don't have much time to grow any further…Once the plan succeeds and you lose all your value, I'll retrieve your spirit and torture you for two hundred years! I swear on it!"

Caesar lowered his head and began to laugh, like the murmurings of a patient who was nearing death.

Caesar moved extremely quickly, and on just the next day, Leylin heard news of increased dark Magus activity at entrance No. 2 to the secret plane. For the sake of security, Desmund had led the Lightning Corps to guard the area again.

Though there were many intelligent Magi who could tell this was a ploy to lure him away, Desmund still left.

For Desmund's and his superiors, if the Four Seasons Garden was able to eventually maintain the possession of their entrance, not only would the Four Seasons Garden would benefit, and they themselves would be able to obtain ten to twenty percent of the resources.

But entrance No. 2 was different! There were resources there that they were in charge of, and as long as they took care of the entrance, profits would come in like a wave!

Hence, even if there was just a slight possibility, Desmund did not want to risk anything.

As for his good friend, Reynold? Too bad! Magi were a bunch of practical people, and a dead friendship was a friendship no more. Without a similar strength and position, this friendship could not continue.

After considering both sides of the situation, Desmund made the decision to return.

After all, most Magi were selfish people! When it came to their own benefits, even rank 2 Magi could not resist temptation!

"However, Desmund still had to put on a superficial front and pacify the Four Seasons Garden members."

Leylin strolled around, and the Magi who walked past respectfully bowed to him.

Whether it was in terms of power or authority, Leylin was one of the core existences in the headquarters within the secret plane. The rest of the Magi in Four Seasons Garden could only duck their heads.

What was more interesting was that most of the team leaders of those divisions that Leylin had extorted had died in battle. Furthermore, the remaining members of those teams bribed Leylin by sending over even more resources and ingredients as they wanted to shirk their responsibilities.

In the past, Leylin had needed to do the work himself, but now, bribes would appear on his doorstep on their own, and they were only afraid that he would not accept it. This treatment was vastly different from before.

In this situation, Leylin, of course, accepted all these and promised them blindly to everything they requested.

After all, the amount of time he would stay here could be counted in days. Once he was to leave, these Magi would only be left in shock.

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Unrestrained

"When the time comes, these Magi who bribed me before will, unfortunately, be apprehended and accused of helping the enemy… I wonder what expression will be on their faces when that happens?"

Leylin thought to himself as a sly grin appeared on his face.

His feet did not stop moving until he came to a building that was still being rebuilt.

This had once been the merit points exchange centre, and after having experienced the attack from the dark Magi, which Leylin had been the leader of, it was now destroyed to a terrible extent.

Most of the main structure had been destroyed and, what was even more serious, the huge loss of a few resource-based warehouses!

Besides the main warehouse, the greedy Magi also went after a few small-scale branch warehouses. There were some slightly valuable magic crystals, and if they had not already been stolen by the dark Magi, them they had self-destructed under the protection of their spell formations.

In the end, the dark Magi who had grown green with envy had even burnt up the whole area and torched everything!

On the bare surface of the stones in the surroundings, one could also see the burn marks here.

"Lord Leylin!" A light Magus who appeared to be the person in charge here quickly came over and greeted him.

"Hn!" Leylin nodded. He had never bothered remembering this light Magus' name, and could only vaguely remember that he was the person in charge.

"How's the progress of the rebuilding?" he asked.

Though it seemed as if Leylin had posed the question on a whim, sweat beaded on the forehead of the light Magus who was waiting by the side.

"Over 80% of our main infrastructure has been lost. This is not a large problem with earth elemental magic, but the key issue is that the spell formations have to be remade…"

This light Magus pulled out a white handkerchief from his robes and unceasingly wiped his shiny forehead.

"I'm not worried about that. When is the latest we can start working again?" Leylin stared hard at this Magus who was slightly plump.

"Three… No, two days! At the latest, we'll be able to resume our work in two days." The light Magus could feel himself tremble under Leylin's gaze and quickly promised.

"Two days?" Leylin furrowed his brows and then shook his head. "Far too long! I'll give you two more Magi and twenty acolytes. The progress has to be 20% faster!"

"Yes, my lord!"

From the aura that Leylin was unwittingly giving off, the light Magus became even more afraid and the sweat on his forehead flowed quicker. He didn't even have time to wipe it off with his white handkerchief as he agreed.

Leylin nodded, waved his hand, dismissed the person in charge, and began to stroll around the construction site.

Leylin had experiences from an alternate world and was naturally aware that the protection from the headquarters in the secret plane was as good as the rebuilding work after wars in his previous life.

There were two main points in this operation. One, regain the credibility of the administration, and two, guarantee the flow of trade!

In terms of credibility, even though a rank 2 Magus from Four Seasons Garden had died, the main organisation in the external world was still significant enough that no Magus could look down upon them. There was no issue at all.

What was more urgent now was to make the merit points exchange centre operational!

From what Leylin knew, contribution points were the currency in this world. In order to make things work in this place via getting many light Magi to take on missions to help rebuild the area, what did they need?

Merit points! But merit points were a virtual currency that could not be used to trade for material resources directly, and were thus meaningless! With the merit points exchange centre, large amounts of merit points could be given out as the light Magi performed specific tasks, which could then be exchanged. This process would allow Four Seasons Garden to quickly regain their power.

For this reason, even under these conditions, Leylin and Caesar quickly transferred a batch of resources over so that the merit points exchange centre could resume operations.

Though he and Leylin were dark Magi spies, they were extremely cautious, and before they officially took action, they were as dutiful as any other Magus from Four Seasons Garden.

Hence, Leylin would come over occasionally and closely watch the progress of the reconstruction. Caesar was buried in a sea of documents and had to deal with a pile of urgent and frustrating work.

However, this was something he himself had instigated, and it could be said that he had caused himself trouble.

Leylin looked past the acolytes who were busily using earth elemental magic to create large numbers of stone pillars and bricks and approached a few people who were vigilantly surveying the area.

They were all wearing the uniform of Four Seasons Garden, which had lightning insignias on it.

They were members of Desmund's Lightning Corps. Though a rank 2 Magus had left, there was still a vice team leader and two large groups staying guard here!

They were all official Magi who had experienced multiple battles and combined with the formation genie and defensive spell formation, even if a rank 2 Magus were to attack, Leylin and the others had the confidence that they could withstand the attack for a period of time until reinforcements from the nearby light Magi alliance arrived.

"The system of our defense has been re-built. It can't be said to be watertight, but it's no problem if we talk about maintaining our current situation. If not for me and Caesar being traitors…"

Leylin felt some pity in his heart.

To be honest, Four Seasons Garden had not treated him very badly. If not for the fact that he had little choice, he did not want to betray them either.

Compared to the dark Magi who would often change their minds, he actually preferred having to deal with the light Magi, who kept their promises, even if this was only applicable to those on the same level of strength as them.

With Reynold and Caesar pushing him into a corner, Leylin had little choice.

Caesar had first let out news of his identity as Thousand Meddling Hands' Blood Rogue, causing Reynold to become suspicious of him. Caesar had then assigned him to continuously participate in the battlefield, and wherever it was dangerous was everywhere Leylin would go. It was a pace where he could possibly work Leylin to death!

At the end, Reynold had even personally tried to identify Leylin's identity. This was a very dangerous sign, as this implied that the higher-ups in Four Seasons Garden were already beginning to lose trust in Leylin. Or perhaps, they had never trusted him at all.

Hence, whatever Leylin had done till now to increase his strength was for the sake of survival!

Now, after his bloodline's second transition and seeing first-hand the strength of a rank 2 Magus from Thousand Meddling Hands, he could now somewhat defend himself and escape. It was for this reason that he could temporarily leave this cycle and worry about Four Seasons Garden and others.

Leylin was not a heartless person. In a situation where his interests were not affected, he would definitely not mind helping friends and perhaps organisations.

"Under the name of changing the guards, George and the others have been transferred far behind the frontlines, so they should be fine. Dark Magi wouldn't have any interests in a few pitifully poor acolytes…"

Leylin indifferently pondered.

He was pretty much in possession of a third of the power within Four Seasons Garden's headquarters in the Eternal River Plain's secret plane. This amount of power was simply astonishing.

But it was certain that he was going to betray them. In order not to implicate George and others, he could only work in a roundabout way.

"Are you ready?"

At this moment, Caesar appeared like a ghost behind Leylin and asked.

"All ready! We can start anytime!" Leylin nodded, "With us together, he definitely won't be able to escape even with just what the formation genie grants us access to!"

He and Caesar's conversations were transmitted using spiritual force, and nobody would find out.

……

Wade expressionlessly got up from a bed that had a strange smell to it. His face was stiff as he came before a large crystal mirror.

Like a transparent crystal mirror, what was reflected was a person whose hair had withered, facial features sunken and two eyes caved in, much like the corpse of a mummy.

The curse on the dagger that had been used in sneaking an attack on him had constantly been eating at his life, causing his external appearance to undergo changes.

Wade could be considered a pretty boy in the past, but now, any Magus from Four Seasons Garden definitely wouldn't be able to recognise him.

"Teacher…"

A low mumble emerged from Wade's dry and cracked lips.

For Wade, the first half of his life was the model of someone who was treasured by the heavens. Since he was young, he had been tested to have the first-rate talent in becoming a Magus, and successfully entered Four Seasons Garden without much trouble. He had even become the student of a powerful rank 2 Magus! He had then advanced to become an official Magus, and even the bottleneck that happened while he was a semi-converted Magus was easily overcome. However, everything had been destroyed the day before. In what seemed like the blink of an eye, his entire world had altered.

Four Seasons Garden's entrance to the secret plane had been attacked, causing his teacher, Reynold, to die in battle. Even he himself had been struck with a curse that had maggots that burrowed into his flesh and bones, and could not be ridden of. This resulted in his current appearance, where he looked like an abomination.

"Teacher! I'll definitely avenge you!"

The corpse-like Wade in front of the mirror let out a low howl and a resolute look appeared on his face.

For official Magi like Wade, external appearances were of no concern. As long as he had time, he could slowly choose a look and make changes to achieve it.

This curse was directed at his life force and even his spirit. The moment both were diminished, no healing techniques would be useful!

Originally, he could have chosen to return to the headquarters in the external world and be treated. With the methods of the Magi there, even if they were unable to heal him, it was a large possibility that they could slow the development of the curse and give him more time to come up with more ways to deal with it.

However, for the sake of his teacher, Reynold, Wade firmly chose to stay behind.

He had too many questions regarding his teacher's death. There were also a few suspicious points that he needed to make sense with the help of the investigation team from Four Seasons Garden before he would leave.

Hence, even if the conditions here were simply terrible and the curse was constantly eating at his body and turning him into a horrific state, he would still choose to stay behind.

"My lord! How do you feel today?"

A Magus wearing an armour of thorns entered.

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Divulged

"Goro! It's you!"

Wade glanced at one of the few surviving members of the Four Seasons Corps, his tone displaying his regret.

That day, he had sustained serious injuries, and practically all of the small team from the Four Seasons Corps had died. All that was left was Goro. As he had fainted because of the explosion, he had narrowly escaped death.

At the sight of Goro, Wade couldn't help but think back to that scene.

Explosion! Figures! Green mist!

Everything had happened so suddenly that even his secretary who was also his girlfriend, had died in the attack.

"Now, even Goro is probably ridiculing me as well."

Wade shook his head as he thought, and spoke in a hoarse voice. "What's the matter?"

"My lord, I've brought you your breakfast!"

Goro placed a silver tray on the table, on which were fruit salad, white bread, and steaming hot milk.

"Thank you!" Wade was silent for a while before he spoke.

"My lord, please be careful!" Goro bent his head slightly and quickly left.

Wade did not have much of an appetite, but for the sake of his teacher and as well as his own wellbeing, he still forced himself to go to the dining table.

He picked up a slice of white bread, preparing to slather some jam on it, but a slip of paper sandwiched in the loaf caught his attention.

Wade retrieved the slip and spread it out.

After being in contact with the warmth of Wade's fingers, rows of little letters appeared on the originally white paper.

"Danger! Dark Magi have infiltrated the headquarters and are planning to attack you. Leave immediately!"

The words were very strikingly written in red.

Wade stared hard and immediately got up to set up a few detection and isolation spells.

Next, with some astonishment, he focused on the slip in his hands.

"Like I thought, the dark Magi's attack was way too ferocious, and they knew too much about our defense system. The formation genie was also interfered with, and could not be used at all. There has to be a spy!"

Hatred appeared on his face, "If not for there being a spy, we definitely wouldn't be in this position, and even… Teacher Reynold wouldn't…"

His fists were clenched tightly, to the point that a few drops of crimson blood flowed out through the bandages on his hands.

"I'll definitely find you and avenge my teacher. I swear on it!"

A glint of resolution appeared in Wade's eyes, and he then rubbed the slip of paper in his hands.

"The paper used is the most ordinary parchment paper. The words were designed to show after coming into contact with my body temperature, so the sender has to be someone I'm familiar with. If he was able to warn me, that means that he's very clear on whatever's happened here, but… who could it be?"

Face after face appeared in Wade's mind, but he quickly pushed this thought down.

"It's not the time to think about this. Danger? Does this mean someone is planning on attacking me? Within the headquarters?"

Wade didn't quite believe it.

Pu! Pu! Pu!*

At this moment, explosions sounded in the air, and numerous black needles as fine as cow hair penetrated the air. They were sharp glints in the air, launching towards Wade like raindrops.

"Really?!"

A green shield of vines appeared, and the numerous thin needles struck the surface and produced sparks.

He then dropped to the ground and rolled!

Boom!* A black dagger punctured the area that he had previously been, and the bench split apart like tofu. Even the air had been cut, producing two pure, white gusts of wind.

Tss tss!* From the area where the chair had been sliced, the sound of an object corroding was heard, with much white smoke accompanying it. The bench that Wade had been sitting on was corroded in a few seconds, not even leaving behind any residue.

The person holding the dagger was a dwarf-like figure.

The dwarf was surrounded by a layer of black gauze, and his movements were extremely agile. After seeing Wade avoid the attack, he pounced towards him like the wind. The black dagger was like the tooth of a poisonous snake, searching for Wade's weak points.

"Formation genie, activate the defense spell formation here, and inform the Lightning Corps!" Wade looked pitiful as he dodged a few attacks, and quickly swiped at a ring on his hand.

Boom!* Green mist exploded at the scene, and with this chance, he began to yell.

"Order received! Activating defense at Zone B-7… Beep! Received a different command, cancelling out both. Your authority has temporarily been superseded!"

A robotic female voice sounded by Wade's ear, causing his heart to sink.

The formation genie had control over a large area, which practically included the entire headquarters of the Four Seasons Garden at the Eternal River Plains' secret plane. The moment he activated the power of the formation genie, he would definitely be able to break away from danger and arrest this killer.

But now, the enemy was even able to control the formation genie! Didn't this mean that the headquarters was now being controlled by the dark Magi?

A huge sense of fear suddenly made itself known. Despite the strong defense here, he could not feel any security and rather, felt like he was being caged in.

At this moment, the green mist in the room dispersed, and the dwarf-like killer's eyes had a cold glint within them. He seemed to transform into a black hurricane, which swept towards Wade.

Teng! Teng! Teng!*

Outside the room, footsteps kept sounding. The guard Magi who were outside had heard noises inside and quickly rushed here.

The dwarf suddenly flung something, and the dagger in his hand turned into black lightning, streaking across the air and flying straight for Wade's heart!

"If I weren't seriously injured and cursed, this type of attack…" An unresigned expression appeared on Wade's face, and he quickly tried to avoid the attack.

Pu!* The black dagger stabbed his shoulder, leaving behind just the handle exposed.

Large amounts of fresh blood spurted out, and Wade's face paled as he collapsed.

The dwarf quickly ran forward, preparing to deal the final blow!

"Protect the lord!" At this moment, the door to the room was forcibly kicked open and was turned into wood shavings. A few Magi wearing uniforms with lightning designs on them broke in.

Seeing Wade collapsed on the floor, they roared, and a few people produced blue and white electric currents.

The bolt of electricity arced across the air and arrived in front of Wade.

Pak! Pak!*

The blue and white electric arcs struck the dwarf, causing green smoke and the smell of charred flesh to spread throughout the room.

The dwarf's body trembled, before he glared hard at Wade as if staring at his prey, and suddenly threw two black balls to the ground!

Poof!* A large amount of black gas billowed out and concealed the dwarf's figure. After the gas had dissipated, the dwarf assassin had already disappeared.

"My lord, are you alright? Inform and warn Lord Caesar and Leylin about this!"

The Magi of the Lightning Corps supported Wade and then instructed.

Half an hour later, Wade had already moved to another room, his injuries having been treated. However, while he glanced at his surroundings, terror was beginning to engulf him.

The assassination attempt just now made him feel like something was wrong.

Within the headquarters, an assassin had actually managed to enter without obstruction and suppressed the activation of the formation genie! What did this mean?

"Who could be the thief who seized the authority to command the formation genie? Or is it Caesar? Leylin? Did they both join hands?"

Wade was expressionless as the gears turned in his mind.

"No! The headquarters are extremely dangerous, and there are too many hidden enemies that I don't know of. If things really are like the what slip of paper said, where the dark Magi have infiltrated here, I'm in even more danger…"

Wade glanced around his surroundings. A few Magi were patrolling the area, walking back and forth. After the attack, Caesar had brought over guards, but all he could feel were bad intentions in their gazes, causing him to sweat profusely.

"This isn't going to work. I need to leave here as quickly as possible; it'll be best to meet with the academy's investigation team!"

Wade's eyes showed his staunch resolve.

"What? Wade's missing?"

Leylin glanced at Caesar, shocked.

"How did this happen? You couldn't even carry out such a simple task! He must be suspecting us now!" In front of Leylin was the three-eyed Magus, Caesar, who did not look to be in a good mood.

"Even if he's an idiot, he'll definitely know there's something up with both of us after his authority in using the formation genie was suspended. If he were to report this to the investigation team…"

"That's impossible!" Leylin shook his head.

"The entrance to the secret plane is in our hands. I've checked all the recent records of people entering and exiting; there are no problems. Communication between the secret plane and the external world is very unstable, and the few communication towers we have don't work unless we use a spell formation exclusively for communication. Unfortunately, with our access to the formation genie, we can seal this entire area and turn him into a caged bird!"

"So the only thing he can do is to escape to other light Magi regions!" Caesar added.

"Exactly! A very daring decision!" Leylin nodded.

The area of the Eternal River Plains' secret plane was enormous, and the distance between each entrance was vast. One even needed to pass through a few extremely dangerous zones.

The difficulty would be too much for Wade while he was in his best condition, much less while he was cursed.

"This is your problem. You solve it!" Caesar answered in annoyance.

"Alright! This situation is actually what we wanted, though, isn't it?"

Leylin got up while he continued speaking. "Desmund has been transferred away, and nobody knows whether Wade is dead or alive… In these next few days, he won't have the chance to communicate with any Magus from the external world. Hence, the entire headquarters of the Eternal River Plain's secret plane now belongs to us…"

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Query

After having spoken, Leylin made a show of flinging his robes, with the intention to leave.

"What are you doing?"

"To take care of the mess that was left behind, and arrange for the dark Magi to receive access to the information about our defenses and resources…" Leylin's figure eventually disappeared into the distance, leaving behind the echo of his voice.

Leylin went straight to his room, opened a secret door and revealed a basement.

"My Lord!" A dwarf in black clothing bowed towards Leylin.

"En!" Leylin nodded, and then pointed at the dwarf! A bright light was sent out from his fingertips and disappeared into the dwarf's forehead.

The dwarf's body swelled in an instant; green veins wriggling on his flesh like little snakes.

Ka-cha!*

The dwarf's body constantly expanded, and actually transformed from a little dwarf to an adult, burly male!

With the change in his body, his black clothes burst and revealed a manly and handsome figure. However, on what had once been a beautiful male body, all sorts of runic brands now covered it all over that formed a bizarre spell formation.

The man's body which was laden with brands trembled involuntarily as bead-sized sweat constantly dripping. From the looks of it, such a transformation was extremely uncomfortable, but the burly man gritted his teeth and did not make a sound.

"You did well, Number 2!" Leylin glanced at the burly man and praised him.

"It's my honour to be able to serve Master!" This burly man was actually one of the Branded Swordsmen that served Leylin!

With his strength as a Branded Swordsman, the only way for Number 2 to fail in killing Wade, who was already injured and weakened, was according to Leylin's special instructions.

Even the slip of paper that warned Wade was arranged by Leylin.

"I've already helped you. Everything that happens next depends on your luck!"

Leylin lightly sighed, his pupils seemed to penetrate the void and see Wade, who was already fleeing.

He had gone out of the way to do all this.

After all, he was on somewhat good terms with Wade and allowed him to enter Four Seasons Garden. He did somewhat owe Wade.

Though Reynold had bad intentions towards Leylin, and Leylin had struck back mercilessly and indirectly caused Reynold's death, this had nothing to do with Wade. ?

Hence, Leylin did not mind letting him off when it was convenient.

To take it further, Wade right now still had some talent in being a Magus and was not someone Leylin had in his sights. Even if Wade wanted to avenge his father or anything like that, he could just kill Wade.

After this act, Leylin believed he had repaid the debt he owed Wade. If he stupidly decided to provoke Leylin, Wade would immediately be killed. There would be no hesitation.

In Leylin's mind, there was a very clear line.

Wade was now a tiny bit helpful to Leylin, and they were on somewhat good terms, so he could let him off. If they were even closer, Leylin might even arrange for Number 2 and Number 3 to escort him out, rather than letting him fend for himself.

Of course, before all that, the prerequisite was that none of this would harm Leylin's interests. If not, favours and things of that nature were not even worth considering.

"I won't chase after him anymore, but to make sure everything goes well, Caesar will definitely mobilize dark Magi from Thousand Meddling Hands to kill him. Good luck to you!"

Leylin estimated that the chances of Wade's survival in the external world were no more than 40%. This was in a situation where his own luck was factored in.

However, this was much better than staying behind in the headquarters, where he was sure to die. Hence, Leylin sighed a little and quickly pushed this matter to the back of his mind, and ordered Number 2 and Number 3 to conceal themselves in order to be his trump cards. Without telling anyone, Leylin came to the region where the core of the formation genie was.

Whatever Caesar had ordered him to do, had naturally been disregarded. Did Caesar dare to fall out with him just over such a trivial matter?

The core of the formation genie was now situated at the heart of the headquarters of Four Seasons Gardens, not far from what had been Reynold's office.

Here, with every step he took, he could see many light Magi who appeared quite solemn as they went about their tasks. Amongst these Magi, not only were there Magi from Four Seasons Garden, there were also a few Magi from the Lightning Corps.

In Leylin's eyes, the core of the formation genie was just like a generator room essential for the upkeep of the defense spell formation. The defense spell formation that guarded Four Seasons Garden was extremely important, and with the previous attack, the status and need for such defensive mechanisms was elevated by several times.

However, it was but a decoration in Leylin's eyes. He was one of the two most important people in Four Seasons Garden now, and not only did these Magi not question his being here, but they bowed to him.

After sending away the Magi outside, Leylin entered the room in which the spirit genie was located.

This room was very empty, and wisps of cool air floated about, which caused the temperature to drop.

In the centre of the room, the metal pillars within what was the main body of the formation genie that Leylin had seen the previous time were standing tall.

Usually, this sort of formation genie was a being that had no consciousness and only carried out procedures. It could not compare to Leylin's A.I. Chip, but to be able to construct this thing with magic was something that astounded Leylin to no end.

This was the product formed by a rank 1 and rank 2 Magus. Did that mean that rank 3 or 4 Magi could use magic and produce artificial intelligence, and even generate life?

There was a level of excitement in Leylin's heart, as well as some vigilance. Though he had the A.I. Chip and had a much better start than the other Magi, the developed brains of highly ranked Magi were comparable to regular computers. His advantage was becoming less obvious, and would eventually be rendered obsolete.

However, he was still very confident!

Even if there was a day where the advantages the A.I. Chip granted him were evened out, or even surpassed by other Magi, he was confident he would accumulate enough power before that happened and would not fear any challenges!

With a grin on his face, Leylin pressed the palm of his hand to the surface of the metal pillar.

"Welcome, Magus Leylin Farlier, an authority of seven stars! Please choose the function you require!"

The formation genie's voice sounded in Leylin's mind, instantly separating a few fundamental modules, which included: the monitoring of the spell formation, checking information, alteration of basic runes and so on.

Leylin's spiritual force touched the module that allowed him to check for information. Immediately afterwards, a large amount of information appeared in his mind.

This formation genie was, in actuality, a massive central computer, with large amounts of information about the Magi of Four Seasons Garden, recorded in its database.

What he had right now was access to everything except a few absolutely secret documents.

"Map to the Eternal River Plain's secret plane! Distribution of resources! The best missions! Inventory of each warehouse! Backup of academic knowledge!"

A subdirectory dazzled Leylin as it streamed past his eyes. This was just a newly-formed formation genie, and if it were a high-level formation genie that had recorded over a thousand years of history in Four Seasons Garden, all the information within would cause Leylin's brain to explode.

[A platform to control data entry has been discovered! Proceed with remote control?] At this moment, the A.I. Chip's voice sounded by Leylin's ear.

"Yes!" Leylin nodded.

Next, a streak of spiritual force covered the metal pillar.

"A.I. Chip! Make a copy of the information stored in the formation genie, and establish a catalogue for browsing!] Leylin ordered.

[Beep! Mission established! Beginning copy of information! Progress: 1%…34%… 100%!]

The A.I. Chip's efficiency was extremely shocking, and the amount it could store far exceeded Leylin's expectations. All the information stored in the formation genie only required a few seconds to be duplicated, and it had not taken up that much space either.

"It looks like after transmigrating, not only did the A.I. Chip fuse with my spirit, its storage space has also been increased. Even if I were to copy information from a high-level formation genie like the one in Four Seasons Garden that has over a thousand years' worth of information stored within, there wouldn't be any problems…"

Glee flashed by Leylin's face, and he then commanded, "Search! Rare items column!"

Instantly after, a picture was sent to the A.I. Chip to be compared with. It was a bizarre honeycomb coal briquette, with many pearls that looked like eyeballs, was dazzling and demonic!

This was what Leylin had found after sweeping through the main warehouse of the headquarters of Four Seasons Garden. It was definitely a top-grade item found within the secret plane.

Though Leylin had no idea what it was, and there was no record of it in the A.I. Chip's database, the rank 2 Magus Reynold was sure to recognise it. If not, he would not have treated it so preciously and protected it well.

With this image, there was sure to be a record of it in the formation genie.

As expected, after adding the database from the formation genie, the A.I. Chip quickly produced an answer.

[The fossil of the flesh from a Thousand Eyes Starfish! Degree of rarity: Level 5S. Place of discovery: Liema Channel in the Eternal River Plains' secret plane. Note Taker: Reynold.]

"Thousand Eyes Starfish! It seems to be an ancient creature!" Leylin rubbed his chin and looked through the introduction to its uses.

"The flesh of the Thousand Eyes Starfish contains extremely rich life energy, and can instantly regenerate a broken limb, and even give Magi at the brink of death a chance to live. It is also very effective in the strengthening of organs. With just a gram of the flesh of the Thousand Eyes Starfish, it can increase the rate of the organ's adaptability by two levels!"

Leylin had a crazed look of excitement in his eyes as he read up to this point.

"Adaptability of the organ? Doesn't that mean it's useful in the remodelling of my heart?" The progress of the remodelling of his heart had been stuck at 69%.

After all, reforming the body was a very dangerous process, especially as Leylin intended to transform his heart such that it was similar to that of the Giant Kemoyin Serpent.

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Contribution Token

Even in Leylin's previous life, during the process of transplanting organs, there would always be the possibility of the body rejecting the new organ.

It was like this for transplanting between human bodies, and especially so for an exceptionally powerful organ such as the heart of an ancient being that was to be stuck into the body of an ordinary Magus.

Even with the help of magic, Leylin had to spend large amounts of time to increase the compatibility of his body and the heart.

The progress of the remodelling of his heart had slowed considerably.

Now, however, the flesh of the Thousand Eyes Starfish was actually able to suppress the body's antibodies and increase the rate at which organs adapted to the host body. How could this not get Leylin excited?

After knowing the uses of the flesh of the Thousand Eyes Starfish that he now possessed, Leylin left the room in a better mood. Soon after, a message came for him.

"What? Does someone want to see me? And is holding a rank 1 contribution token?" Leylin rubbed his chin and asked, "Who is it?"

The person who came forward to notify him was a young female Magus, who reverently gazed at Leylin. Well, after being transformed by his bloodline, his appearance would be lauded as 'handsome' no matter where he went. Also, for him to have reached the level of rank 1 Magus at such a young age showed that he was frighteningly strong! This caused a reasonably large commotion, which resulted in admiration and adoration from many female Magi.

"It's an old, and very… haughty lady!"

The female Magus ducked her head and thought for a moment, and then chose these words.

"An old, haughty lady?" Leylin was stunned, and then a slight smile appeared on his lips. He had already guessed who it was, "Bring her to conference room 3. I'll meet her there!"

The female Magus bowed and quickly retreated.

Leylin was left behind, looking as if he was deep in thought. From the curse he had planted on Manla and Jenna's body, he could somewhat tell what was happening around them.

After seeing the curses on Manla's body detonate, Leylin had a feeling that the family behind Jenna would try to compromise with him. From the looks of the current situation, this had come true.

Come to think of it, the time for the curse to take full effect was nearing. They must have tried all the methods they had access to, and only after having no other way did they choose to compromise with him.

"What should I ask for this time?" Leylin scratched his chin. He did not have any good feelings towards this family that considered themselves above others and was preparing to make them pay a high price and watch them fall to rock bottom.

"However, to be so arrogant on my territory…" A cold glint flashed in Leylin's eyes.

Three hours later, in conference room 3, the piercing screech of an old woman's voice could be heard, "I don't care what he's doing, but I've already been waiting here for over three hours. No matter what you do, I want to see him now. Immediately! If not, I'll use my contribution token and fire you! I swear on it!"

Crash!* Next, the sound of glass breaking could be heard.

The female Magus who had notified Leylin ran out, her expression unhappy, "That darned old lady. Is she commanding just because she has a contribution token? One day…"

The female Magus cursed under her breath. All of a sudden, a shadow loomed over her, revealing the figure of a Magus.

"Lord- Lord Leylin! There's a guest who wants to see you!" She was shocked and immediately bowed, her cheeks rosy red.

"I understand!" Leylin restrained his laughter with great difficulty, and the female Magus walked into the room looking a little dazed.

He had purposefully taken a longer period of time to come over here so that she would calm her anger. However, for people like her, whose spirit had affected her neurotic characteristic, time was not going to change anything.

"Didn't I say to call Leylin over…"

Conference room 3 was very large, with a few long leather sofas and a few tables in the middle. This was where guests could comfortably sit, have a drink and chat.

Now, however, one of the tables had been flipped over, and there were the shattered remains of a few cups and plates on the ground. An old woman who had on the clothes of the upper class had her face covered with gauze. She wore black gloves and held onto a small bag, her temper foul.

Upon seeing Leylin, she was at first stunned, and then hatred shot out of her eyes.

The old woman's chest constantly heaved up and down, as if trying to suppress the fury in her heart. Then, with a haughty accent, she spoke, "Leylin, is it? You actually dare to offend our noble Botelli family! This is an absolute sin! However, the mother of power and peace is benevolent and merciful. Now, confess to your wrongdoings and cure Jenna! I can even consider lightening your sentence."

While she spoke, she acted as if she was being noble to him by allowing him to repent, as if he had committed a huge sin that required her forgiveness.

"Hold on!" Such a pitying gaze made Leylin extremely annoyed, and he rudely interrupted her.

"What? Are you preparing to confess?" The old woman held her head high.

"No! I just wanted to ask you, are you crazy?" Leylin did not beat around the bush.

"What did you say?" The old woman's expression showed her shock. She could not believe that someone dared to speak to her in such a manner.

"If you didn't hear it clearly, I'll say it again. " Leylin's voice rose a couple of notches. "Are. You. Crazy?"

"You- You actually dare…" The old woman pointed at Leylin, the joints in her fingers turning white and trembling in her anger.

"You actually dare to speak to me, the current wielder of power in the Botelli family, in such a manner! You even dare tarnish my family's reputation! Hell forbid! I'd even been so kind as to hope that I could pardon you… Oh, powerful and merciful mother of peace, please forgive my stupidity…"

"Stop!" Leylin did not wish to listen to this any longer. He was now clear of the situation. Jenna's family, which was the Botelli family, must have a family illness of craziness!

"I'm just going to say one thing. Only I am able to undo the curse on Jenna's body, and she is very important to you. After trying all available methods, you had no choice but to come here and ask me for help. Since you're here to ask for a favour, you must first have a good attitude!"

Leylin raised a finger. "If not, you can only watch as Jenna dies!"

Such an unrestrained way of speech seemed to pierce through the old lady's pretense of being honourable, the redness on her face quickly dying away, and leaving her looking pale.

"I knew it! There's no use in bargaining with sinners like you because you'll just try to make use of us. The only thing awaiting you is eternal death…"

The old woman incessantly muttered.

"You…" The anger in his heart stirred.

However, immediately after, his facial expression slightly changed and he calmed down.

At this moment, the old lady took out a gold token that was the size of her palm, swaying it in front of Leylin and grinning proudly. "See this? This is a rank 1 contribution token my ancestors received from the Four Seasons Garden. It makes me a noble here, and if I choose to use it, the Four Seasons Garden has to fulfil one of my requests! I wonder if I want them to expel you, what would happen?"

"So the reason why you were this unrestrained was because you have a token!"

Leylin suddenly felt the urge to laugh. Not even counting the fact that he was planning to leave the Four Seasons Garden, he did not view them very highly in the first place. However, this old woman seemed to be banking her hopes on the Four Seasons Garden, and used it as a method to threaten him.

"Whatever it is, you now have two choices. The first is to obediently admit to your wrongdoings and come back with me to cure Jenna. The second is to be banished from the Four Seasons Garden, and eventually, be chased down and killed!"

A victorious smile emerged on her face.

"…" Leylin was speechless as he glanced at this old woman, suddenly finding her a little pitiful.

The Four Seasons did have such a rule, and the rank 1 contribution token in her hands was also authentic. Unfortunately, she was a few days late!

If she had arrived here a few days earlier, she might have been able to use the power of this token, and, with the Four Seasons Garden to suppress him.

But now? Leylin looked at the token in her hands.

"That's right! She probably still doesn't know about us being attacked, Reynold's death, and me taking over…"

The attack had been classified as top secret, and the Four Seasons Garden entrance to the secret plane had even been sealed for a period of time. It was impossible for regular Magi to know about this.

As a result of a time difference and various other factors, this old woman was obviously still not aware that this branch of the Four Seasons Garden had already changed owners, what with her charging in so loudly and brazenly.

"What's wrong? Can't make a choice? Do you want me to help you?"

Leylin's long silence gave her the impression that he was afraid. Hence, the expression on her face was more arrogant, and she loudly bellowed, "Guards! Guards!"

"What is the matter?"

Minutes later, a few Magi in white robes charged in.

"In the name of the Four Seasons Garden, I command you to arrest Leylin!" The old woman raised the gold token in her hands, which flashed and glinted to form a four-coloured ring. An energy wave with a very recognizable frequency was emitted.

"It's a rank 1 contribution token! It can't be fake!" The guard Magi glanced at it bowed to greet the old woman.

She nodded, still exuding arrogance.

"Capture him!" She pointed at Leylin.

"Him?" A few guard Magi looked at the old woman, then at Leylin, finding this situation difficult to handle.

"What's wrong?" Her voice was piercing, to the point that one wanted to close their ears, "Do you wish to go against an age-old agreement?"

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Threats

"I guess I should let you know!"

Seeing this old lady acting like this, Leylin suddenly found her quite pitiful and lost the urge to play with her any further.

He waved at the few guards. "You may return first."

"Yes, my lord!" The guards gave Leylin a deep bow, appearing as if a heavy weight had been lifted off their shoulders, and quickly dashed out of the room.

"Wait! What did they call you? My lord? Aren't you just a regular Magus from the Potioneering Team? Aren't you also ostracised?"

The old woman spoke agitatedly. She could feel that things were beyond her control as if a stone had lodged deep in her heart.

"It seems like you've investigated me quite thoroughly! Unfortunately, I've climbed up the ranks a little faster than that…"

Leylin spread his hands, a mischievous grin on his face.

Was he merely fast in climbing to this position? He had practically flown here! First, by killing large numbers of dark Magi, he had obtained the position of the vice team leader of the hunting team. With his battle achievement of killing Marb, he had been named the patrolling inspector of the headquarters. In theory, he was just as powerful as Caesar, the leader of the hunting team.

After the attack of the dark Magi and Reynold's death, he had seized a third of the power within this branch of Four Seasons Garden. But wait, there's more! After chasing Wade out, the authority he possessed had increased to two-thirds!

His position was infinitely nearing the chairman with this much power! This old woman only had a rank 1 contribution token, which was useless against a team leader, much less Leylin.

Next, the smirk on his face vanished, and his expression turned solemn.

"Formation genie, record this down! This… Ahem! This person who holds the power in the Botelli family overstepped her authority and ordered for my arrest, with a rank 1 contribution token. I hereby announce that she be stripped of the authority and the contribution token in her hands!"

Weng!* Magical light brightened in the middle of the room, and the walls were filled with a ring of wandering illuminated runes.

"Recorded! Verifying! Verification complete. Removing authority from rank 1 contribution token!"

A robotic female voice was heard, and the rays of light from magic suddenly flashed outwards.

The old lady seemed to be scared silly by such a strong energy wave. If all the spell formations around them exploded in one go, her body would simply vanish.

The colourful magic rays did not attack her, but transformed into a hand the size of an adult, grabbing the rank 1 contribution token in her possession!

Then, the fingers exerted force!

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

The sound of an object breaking sounded. A web of cracks spread across the surface of the entire token, and under the hopeless gaze of the old woman, it turned into little bits of dust.

Tss tss!* The magical light receded after destroying the token. Even the spell formation on the wall vanished.

The old woman was now like a duck grasped at the neck, unable to utter a word.

She naturally knew the amount of authority needed to be able to order the formation genie to destroy a rank 1 contribution token! That was something only the chairman was able to do! Could it be that this young man had already advanced to become a rank 2 Magus, and had become the chairman of the Four Seasons Garden?

This world was just too crazy. The old woman supported her head, feeling as if she was dreaming!

"How is it? Do you have any other trump cards? You can try using them!" Leylin crossed his arms, staring icily at this old woman.

Her heart fell. Her family was now not in a very good position. This token, which was something their ancestors had left behind, was the last resort, but had been rendered useless without properly being made use of! She herself would even be in trouble upon returning!

"What do you want?"

Her voice was hoarse as if she had aged by ten years. She bent her back, and then released the pride from her tone, completely defeated.

"What do you want?" Leylin sounded innocent.

"Your granddaughter came up to me, saying I'm the main cause of a war and wanted to purify me. I was forced to strike back and gave them a lifeline when I could have simply just killed them. I'm already being very kind, and now you even want to threaten me!"

Leylin was indeed the victim in this affair, except for the fact that he had retaliated with just a little too much strength.

"Jenna is the seer of our generation. Her predictions can't be wrong!" The old woman persisted.

"You…" Leylin was exasperated but calmed his heart. There was no point in arguing over a trivial matter such as this.

"Alright, now it's time for me to name my conditions! My requirements are simple. I'm interested in that divination ability of Jenna's. Impart me this technique, and I'll release the curse on her!"

"Oh, Mother of Peace! Not only does a sinner like you want to control us, you even dare to covet our family's meditation technique!"

She clutched her chest as if she was on the verge of going crazy.

"Is it a meditation technique? Or even a high-grade meditation technique?" Leylin was suddenly very interested.

"Don't even think about it, you monster! Devil! Don't even think about trying to obtain our Botelli Family's meditation technique!" The old woman resolutely rejected him, a cold glint that could not be concealed flashing past her eyes.

"Hehe… You may not know this, but the curse on Jenna's body can only be released by me. Otherwise, you could try finding a Morning Star Magus, or else you'll just be waiting for a dead body."

"I'll give you one day! Think it through!"

Leylin clapped his hands and two guards immediately entered.

"Send this lady away to get some rest. Do not be negligent!" Leylin's tone was slightly different, and the two Magi who knew what he was implying quickly came before the old woman, ready to take care of her.

Leylin nodded and left.

Though the old woman had concealed it well, the coldness in her eyes was still apparent to Leylin. All that she was thinking had long since been discovered by Leylin.

"Trying to swindle me with a fake meditation technique? No! Magi are intelligent people! If you give me a fake one, I'll definitely know. If I can't tell, I can just find a few acolytes and perform tests on them… Unless… If she really gives me a high-grade meditation technique, but it has a very obvious flaw! Only with these conditions will Magi who lack high-grade meditation techniques be tempted to use it…"

"What a pity!" Leylin cracked a smile.

If he was a Magus without a high-grade meditation technique, he would definitely be unable to resist the temptation, and would end up training in it. After all, it represented an increased chance of advancing, as well as insuring a better future.

Unfortunately, he already had a high-grade meditation technique of his own—Kemoyin's Pupil! No matter how amazing the Botelli family's meditation technique was, he would only use it as a reference, and wouldn't do something so stupid as to switch meditation techniques.

With a smile on his lips, Leylin went inside a secret room.

The four walls of this secret room were made of thick stone, with numerous runes that could isolate energy placed all over.

In the middle was a rather strangely shaped, little stone counter. Three pillars supported a triangular section, large amounts of green vines crawled along it.

"Formation genie, activate the communication spell formation!" Leylin spoke.

"Authority verified! Activating communication spell formation!" As the formation genie spoke, a dusky splendour shot out from the little stone counter, and all the runes in the room began to glimmer.

Leylin nodded upon seeing this. Communication between the secret plane and the external world was all but impossible, and could only work through a particular communication spell formation.

This was a specially constructed communication spell formation that could penetrate the isolation effect of the secret plane and was considerably expensive. The Four Seasons Garden only had this one formation in the entire Eternal River Plains' secret plane.

Before, Wade's authority to communicate with the outside world was sealed through the combined efforts of Leylin and Caesar. Hence, in a situation where he could not contact anyone, Wade had no choice but to flee.

Leylin took out his own secret imprint book and flipped through to the most recent page. At the end was a blue imprint that looked like a beacon.

Leylin lightly tapped it.

Boom!* The blue beacon suddenly became bigger, and the runes in the room unceasingly lit up.

A red line shot out of the stone counter, connecting to the surface of the blue beacon secret imprint.

"Is this Sir Hyder? How have you been feeling recently?" Leylin asked, full of smiles.

"It's… you! Quick! Give me the cure!"

From within the blue secret imprint, a haggard voice came on and off, as if the owner had been severely injured or was being tortured by some illness.

The owner of this voice was Hyder, the Magus who was on good terms with the Botelli Family, who had been invited by the old woman to treat Jenna!

Previously, he had failed in his treatment methods. Not only had he been infected by a poison that Leylin had made himself, but the poison had also come with a communication imprint.

Hence, Leylin was able to know a lot about the Botelli Family.

The grin on Leylin's face widened. "Sir Hyder, I want to tell you something quite unfortunate! The wielder of power in the Botelli family has already approached me. She implored me to remove Jenna's curse, but never said anything about you…"

Upon hearing his words, the imprint became quiet, and then came the sound of something breaking. "That whore, that lunatic! To think I worked so hard for her… Cough cough…"

After just two sentences, Hyder began to cough violently.

Leylin's smile was even brighter. "Sir Hyder! How's the effect of my 'Shadow Corrosion'? I spent a lot of effort on it! You're also a very outstanding healing Magus. I would like to know your evaluation of it!"

After a long time, Leylin once again heard Hyder's voice from the secret imprint. "You've won. The composition of the poison is much too complicated, and they're intricately linked together. I really have no way to remove it… Give me the cure, and not just medication to suppress it, and I'll tell you everything I know!"

"Fine! I want to know everything, especially your knowledge regarding the contents of the meditation technique."

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Thousand Eyed Starfish

A day later, Leylin met the old woman from the Botelli Family once more.

This time, however, she looked to be pale and in a bad state, as if she had not rested well.

At the sight of Leylin, her eyes seemed to come to life and she spoke in a low voice, "I can give you information regarding the secret high-grade meditation technique that belongs to our family. However, I want to make this clear first. This technique is incomplete, and there are stringent limits and restrictions applied to those who train in it. If you were to forcefully train in it, there are sure to be residual effects."

"That's my problem. Just give me the meditation technique, and I'll give you the solution to releasing the curse. It's as easy as that!" Leaning against the comfy back of his reclining chair, Leylin's fingers were crossed as he calmly spoke.

"Fine! But we will first need to make a contract with the presence of the Trial's Eye!" The old woman straightened her back.

"Of course! I don't trust you either." Leylin nodded. "Let's start…"

A moment later, the old woman took what she wanted and left. Leylin was left on his chair, fiddling with a light golden crystal ball, and looking to be deep in thought.

"What an interesting meditation technique!"

He had briefly looked through the contents of the meditation technique the old woman had given him. Due to the contract under the watch of the Trial's Eye, she did not dare cheat him, though Leylin had found out she had pulled a few tricks as well.

For instance, she had either exaggerated or understated a few facts.

Based on what Hyder had said, male Magi in the Botelli family who had forcefully trained in this high-grade meditation technique had all died after going mad. However, all that was written here was that there would be aftereffects that would affect one's mind.

The old woman had also exaggerated the effects of training in this meditation technique, distorting the fact that one could catch glimpses of some vague fragments of the future into one being able to see the future.

Upon seeing the frightening effects of a high-grade meditation technique that could aid one in seeing the future, most Magi would not hesitate to train in it. They would then fall into the old woman's trap!

"How clever, but that's it!" Leylin assessed as he played with the crystal ball that had information about the meditation technique recorded within it.

As the meditation technique the old woman had given him was real, it complied with the Trial's Eye contract. There were only a couple of small changes that she made to the results and side effects, which would not cause the Trial's Eye to retaliate against her.

However, in Leylin's eyes, whatever she did was just a joke!

"However, the fact that there is an ability to predict the future is quite alarming. Through the spiritual force from the supernatural world, one can sense fragments of what's to happen in the future…"

Leylin rubbed his chin. He had briefly looked through the technique, through which, with training, Magi could practice and form a unique type of spiritual force. With the extension of this spiritual force, one could then gain information and see images relating to the future.

In general, the results were astounding, but unfortunately, the technique was incomplete.

"A.I. Chip, how's the scanning and recording process going?"

Leylin asked inwardly.

[Beep! Information on "Sacred Flame", a high-grade meditation technique, has been recorded! Inputted into database, "Meditation techniques" …… Classified information as five stars]

The A.I. Chip intoned.

[After scanning through, the percentage of incompleteness of the meditation technique is at least 79.52%. If this technique is trained in, it will result in mental issues. Chances of developing bipolarism is at 98%!]

"98%!? Then there's definitely going to be a problem!" Leylin sighed and then asked, "A.I. Chip, is it possible to complete this meditation technique?"

He suspected that the strict limitations of one's body and bloodline, as well as the horrifying aftereffects, were all issues borne from the incomplete state of the technique. If the rest of it could be filled in, most of the problems would be solved.

[Beep! Due to a lack of information regarding high-grade meditation techniques, this technique cannot be completed.]

Unsurprisingly, this was the A.I. chip's answer.

There was nothing he could do. High-grade meditation techniques were connected to the life or death of a Magi organisation or family. Even with his power now, he could only get ahold of two high-grade meditation techniques. One was his own Kemoyin's Pupil, and the other was the incomplete Sacred Flame!

Based on his guess, the A.I. Chip would need a large number of samples to analyse and compare. Only after that would it be able to analyse and complete the Sacred Flame technique.

The samples required would be around ten high-grade meditation techniques! They also would have to be completed.

Ten high-grade meditation techniques? Leylin gave a long sigh. Even in the entire south coast, it was a uncertain if there were that many high-grade meditation techniques. With his current power, it would be impossible for him to obtain them.

"No matter what it is, this is still a high-grade meditation technique. It's priceless!"

Leylin caressed the golden crystal ball in his hands. All of a sudden, black mist appeared within his hands. *Ka-cha! Ka-cha!* Cracks appeared on the surface of the crystal ball, and the ball turned into dust in front of Leylin's eyes.

All the information about Sacred Flame had already been recorded in the A.I. Chip's database, and he would not be able to lose it. There was no point in keeping this crystal ball, and Leylin was naturally a little suspicious of anything the old woman left behind, and he found it best to destroy it.

……

Within Leylin's room, in a laboratory.

As one of the two current leaders of the Four Seasons Garden's branch in the Eternal River Plains' secret plane, arranging a better room and a laboratory for himself was nothing difficult.

This laboratory had once been provided to Magi who were team leaders. The equipment here was the best and newest technology brought in from the external world; no laboratory that Leylin had worked in in his previous world could compare to this.

Leylin was currently in front of a large, silver experiment table. On the surface of the metallic table, there was a black honeycomb-like coal briquette that silently lay there. There were many depressions on the surface of it, in the middles of which were dark green pearls that emitted dazzlingly bright lights.

This was one of the three most precious ingredients found in the main warehouse of Four Seasons Garden—the fossil of the Thousand Eyed Starfish!

After receiving the information regarding its name and uses from the formation genie, Leylin quickly found himself a laboratory, and prepared himself to make good use of it.

"The flesh of the Thousand Eyed Starfish has already turned into a fossil. It's going to be troublesome to extract and use the useful portions of it; I'm going to need many potions to do that. Thankfully, I have this…"

Leylin laughed, retrieving a mysterious test tube from his pouch.

After obtaining the spatial high-grade magic artifact made from the skin of the Void White-eyed snake, Leylin had placed all his belongings into it. As all of his baggage was gone, Leylin now looked much slimmer.

The entire test tube was made from glass, and the liquid contained within had a very strange colour. The top half was an olive colour, while the bottom half was a greyish-black. There was a clear line of separation between these two.

"A high-grade Reactive Potion! Even in ancient times, this was one of the most precious potions used to awaken the life energy hidden deep within an item!"

The formula for making this ancient potion had been found within the database of the formation genie. As a few of the ingredients required to brew it had already gone extinct, this formula was not made confidential. For Reynold, this was probably something of little interest.

But Leylin was different! The resources he possessed through looting and extortion were plentiful, and he was easily able to gather the required ingredients.

As for the ingredients that were extinct? Fortunately, Leylin had them!

While he was still a level 3 acolyte exploring the Dylan Gardens, not only had he gained the high-grade meditation technique and the Book of Giant Serpents, he had even obtained a few extremely precious plants!

These ingredients were much too precious, so Leylin could not bear to use them. He kept all of them after going through some procedures to keep them fresh.

Now, however, after obtaining the formula to make the high-grade active potion, he suddenly came to the realisation that the few ingredients that were known to be extinct were, in fact, plants that he possessed!

This was simply too lucky for him! Now that he had gathered all the ingredients, coupled with the fact that Leylin himself was a highly-accomplished Potion Master, brewing the potion was a very simple task.

Along with Leylin's chants, the test tube opened up like a flower, and a putrid stench spread around the room.

Drip by drip, Leylin carefully positioned each droplet onto the green pearls of the Thousand Eyed Starfish.

Leylin's movements were extremely careful, smearing the amount evenly on every pearl.

By the time the last of the olive-coloured potion was used up, the fossil suddenly began to squirm.

"Awaken!" His eyes flashing with excitement, Leylin's lips moved as he softly murmured.

He had used the ancient Byron language, which seemed to draw power from the supernatural world.

Weng weng!*

Invisible strength wrapped the Thousand Eyed Starfish within, and the potion evaporated and emitted black and white gases.

The black and white gases merged in the air, forming the multiple black and white eyes.

Whoosh…*

With what sounded like a big wave, the flesh of the Thousand Eyed Starfish constantly trembled, layers of rock falling off of it.

Tss tss!*

Green eyes blinked open; those olive pearls in the depressions were actually the eyes of the Thousand Eyed Starfish!

"Begin deep heating! Preset temperature at 1548 degrees!"

Complying with Leylin's voice, two large, mechanical arms suddenly rose from under the table. They were extremely shiny and seemed to be made of metal, but at the joints, there were traces of the slight movements that were reminiscent of real flesh.

The large arms scooped up the Thousand Eyed Starfish and placed it into what looked like a furnace.

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Accomplishment

"Prepare the centrifuge! Beginning cooperation…"

Leylin shut his eyes, and black threads shot out from between his brows, connecting to the various apparatus in the laboratory.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

The light flickered, and the apparatus in the laboratory were activated. Any instrument that had a measuring function began to show numbers and pointers on gauges moved.

With the threads of spiritual force, Leylin worked on purifying his spiritual force and began the complicated separation process.

Two hours later, Leylin looked at the half-finished product on the table and nodded.

On the surface of the table was a piece of pink flesh.

This had been the fossil of the Thousand Eyed Starfish. Leylin had fully expended the life force within it and had gotten rid of all the olive-coloured eyes.

There was a very troublesome poison held within the eyes of the Thousand Eyed Starfish, and as such, they needed to be removed.

The Thousand Eyed Starfish currently seemed to have returned to its original state, the tender flesh having a gleaming luster, as if it had only just been dug out, and was still covered in a layer of liquid.

"Yes! The separation operation was very successful! All that's left is the last step."

Leylin took out the grey-black, high-grade Reactive Potion, of which only half remained. He poured all of it onto the pink flesh.

Tss tss!*

The moment the grey-black potion was poured onto the flesh, large amounts of steam were produced. Through it, one could see the pink flesh decreasing in size at a rate that could be seen with the human eye. The flesh seemed to shrivel up and turn black.

Leylin expressionlessly used up all the liquid, and then chanted some ancient incantations.

"Wu wu wu…" These incantations were ancient, with a very boundless aura. It sounded like countless conch shells being blown at the same time. Blue waves of energy were like sweeping tides, wrapping around the flesh of the Thousand Eyed Starfish…

After the blue light dissipated, all that was left was an object the size of a longan.

The object was grey in colour and even had lines that characterized muscle. It looked like salt-cured meat that had not been properly preserved.

The salty meat began to emit the smell of something burning.

Rumble!*

Upon smelling this, Leylin actually couldn't help but swallow his saliva, a distinct look of longing appearing from the depths of his heart.

"Eat it! Eat it!"

"Hungry! Hungry! Hungry!"

This thirst seemed to come from every cell in his body. It was extremely difficult to resist, and this feeling was the strongest at his chest, where his heart was.

Leylin could feel every blood vessel in his body pumping in excitement, urging him to swallow that piece of flesh on the table!

"Ah… haha… Primal desires? How can a mere thing like it control me?"

Leylin's eyes turned a little red, and even his hands began to tremble.

However, he did not choose to consume the flesh of the Thousand Eyed Starfish right away. He first used the A.I. Chip to analyse its composition and nature in detail.

During this whole time, the meat in his hand was a huge temptation for him. However, even though every cell in his body shook with excitement, his expression stayed the same, as if he was unaffected—as cool and grim as a glacier that had existed for thousands of years.

In his previous life, he had already developed an extremely staunch willpower. No matter how fierce and deadly the temptation, he could still control and stabilise his inner desires.

[Recorded composition of this object! Saved in folder: Material type- Ancient Creature- Thousand Eyed Starfish!] The A.I. Chip replied.

Only after the stream of data finished working did Leylin gobble down longan sized meat.

Boom!*

Like a bomb that had exploded, his entire body was paralysed by lightning, like a drunkard who had abstained for years and once more had fine liquor, or like a traveler who was on the verge of death from his thirst and had finally savoured the sweet taste of spring water!

Leylin felt as if his body was floating, lying on the peak of white clouds. There was joy coming from every cell in his body.

An exceptionally sweet and refreshing feeling spread from his mouth and down his throat.

The flesh of the Thousand Eyed Starfish first went to his stomach. Gastric fluid rushed forward, and in just a few seconds, digested it completely.

Streams of water like from a hot spring spread throughout Leylin's body, and especially his heart was like a person dying of thirst, greedily absorbing this warm flow.

Leylin closed his eyes. He felt as if he was naked, flowing along a warm and comfortable large river.

A droplet of something moist suddenly rolled down his face. It was exceptionally sweet, exciting his taste buds to the extreme to the point that he unconsciously began to tear up.

For him, who had a physique that far exceeded that of a regular person, it was basically impossible for him to react in such a way, but the flesh of the Thousand Eyed Starfish was able to do it!

"I'm afraid such a taste might make one addicted!" Leylin exclaimed in satisfaction.

The process of consuming the Thousand Eyed Starfish was just too comfortable and pleasurable. The stimulation of one's body and mind was definitely enough to make any regular human addicted!

However, Leylin was a Magus, and he was basically invulnerable in terms of his mind. His awareness of himself was as strong as steel, which was how he was able to keep ahold of himself and resist this temptation.

At this moment, the robotic voice of the A.I. Chip was heard.

[Beep! Detected that the essence from the flesh of the Thousand Eyed Starfish has entered Host's body. Determined to be useful to Host body! Beginning absorption…]

In that moment, Leylin retreated two steps. He could feel the rate at which he was absorbing the hot stream increase by another level. At the place where his heart was, it was practically a black hole which steadily absorbed the essence.

[Beep! Host body has absorbed flesh of the Thousand Eyed Starfish. Rate of modification of host body's heart has substantially increased.]

The A.I. Chip began to work hard, the screen in front of him changing rapidly. Immediately after, Leylin could see in the column that displayed his stats, the number that showed the progress of the modification of his heart flying up quickly.

[70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%!]

The number rose like a fiery arrow but faltered slightly at the 90% mark. What came next was an eruption of heat, and the progress broke through 90% to reach 91%, and continued to rise!

[97%! 98%! 99%! 100%!!!]

When the modification of his heart reached 100%, Leylin suddenly felt faint, as if he had been pounded on the head with a large metal hammer.

Bang! Bang! Bang!*

His heart, surrounded by purple-red light, seemed to stop for a while.

Next, his heart began to once again pump with a huge amount of force!

Bang! Bang! Bang!*

This force was extremely powerful, to the point that people would be able to hear his heart beating from outside Leylin's body!

Blood that held hints of purplish red began to form at his heart. Through his arteries, they were transported all over his body.

The purplish-red blood, which had a slight chilling quality to it, formed a stark contrast with the heat from the flesh of the Thousand Eyed Starfish.

Leylin suddenly felt an overwhelming orgasmic feeling coursing through his body. Minutes later, the heat dissipated, and what replaced it was an extremely comfortable, refreshing feeling.

[Beep! Modification of Host body's heart is complete. Detection of an increase in all body stats. Beginning recalculation of data!]

The sound of the A.I. Chip's voice was heard, and Leylin found the column with his stats being refreshed again!

[Beep! Leylin Farlier. Rank 1 Warlock, Bloodline: Giant Kemoyin Serpent. Strength: 21.1, Agility: 14.4, Vitality: 27.9, Spiritual Force: 85.6, Magic Power: 85 (Magic Power is in synchronisation with Spiritual Force). Elemental essence conversion: 99%]

In a moment, a feeling of extreme power spread and seeped into his limbs and bones.

"After modifying my heart, it means that I have achieved a fusion of the deepest level with the bloodline of the Giant Kemoyin Serpent. Now, it is replacing my blood! In the future, if I have children, they will automatically inherit this Warlock bloodline!"

Leylin seemed to sigh, and looked at his stats once again.

"Although my strength and agility did not increase by much, my vitality had increased by a large amount, which makes sense! The physical body is a carrier for the mind and spirit. With a rise in spiritual force, it would naturally require an even more sturdy body to support it!"

From Leylin's perspective, the body was like a glass, and the spiritual force was like the water in it. The bigger the glass was, the more water and thus, spiritual force it could contain. Conversely, no matter how much water there was, it would be useless if the glass was not large enough to hold it. It might even cause the glass to break.

Hence, many official Magi would think up ways to strengthen their body to adjust and balance their powerful spiritual force.

However, what shocked Leylin the most was the rise in his spiritual force and elemental essence conversion.

"Spiritual force actually went up to 85.6, and elemental essence conversion is even more terrifying. It actually rose to 99%! I think even ancient elemental beings would just be at this level… With these results, I can try my hand at advancing to become a rank 2 Warlock!"

Leylin sighed in contentment.

The requirements for a Warlock to advance was largely similar to a Magus, with the only difference being requirements in the bloodline.

Leylin's current bloodline was directly from the ancient creature, the Giant Kemoyin Serpent, so there was definitely no problem at all. The conditions to advance to become a rank 2 Magus was for one's spiritual force to reach 80, and one's elemental essence conversion to be above 80%!

These were the basic requirements to be promoted to be a rank 2 Magus.

In terms of spiritual force, many Magi were able to reach it. However, they were often stuck in terms of their elemental essence conversion and were hence unable to proceed further.

There were also ambitious people like Caesar and Decarte who had reached the requirements to advance but had not done so. They wanted to push their elemental essence conversion to above 90% to build a stronger foundation and pave the way for their future!

Not only had Leylin currently exceeded the basic requirements in spiritual force, but his elemental essence conversion had even reached the shocking number of 99%!

Besides ancient elemental beings that were made of elemental particles, there was nothing that could have a higher percentage than this.

Leylin was a being made of flesh and blood, rather than elemental particles. To be able to reach 99% was basically reaching the extremes of his limits.

He was extremely clear about this and did not look to increase it any further.

"With the bonus from my bloodline, all of my body's stats far exceed that of a regular Magus. Now, my elemental essence conversion has even reached 99%. Even in the entire south coast, I doubt that there's a rank 1 Magus who's stronger than me."

Leylin was extremely clear of his ranking.

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Preparation

Compared to the regular Magi who did not have high-grade meditation techniques and were unsure of their futures, Leylin knew exactly what he was going to do.

Over a long period of time, regular Magi would need to search for or create a rank 2 spell that was compatible with the spell model they had chosen when they had become a rank 1 Magus and then try to solidify their sea of consciousness within it. This would, of course, all be done after their spiritual force and elemental essence conversion had achieved a certain level.

This was all a matter of luck. Even if one were able to succeed by chance, the two spell models could result in disharmony and wear and tear, having an adverse effect on the power of a rank 2 Magus.

But Leylin was different. He had a high-grade meditation technique! Every time he advanced, he would generate an innate spell that completely suited his body! What he needed to do now was raise the level of his meditation technique, and train till Kemoyin's Pupil went up to another level. Only then would he be able to be promoted to a rank 2 Warlock!

For Magi who trained in high-grade meditation techniques, as long as they reached a certain level, the technique would automatically push and help a Magus to advance at a rate far faster than regular Magi.

"I've already reached the basic requirements for Kemoyin's Pupil to advance to the second level! Next, I'll have to gather spiritual force and produce immense energy to make a breakthrough in Kemoyin's Pupil."

Information regarding breaking through the second level of Kemoyin's Pupil flashed by Leylin's eyes.

"This is a process that requires constant accumulation! With my current condition, this would need around two or three years. However, with some special methods, such as burning up large amounts of spiritual force, for instance, the process can be quickened."

Leylin serenely closed his eyes, seeming to emit dangerous rays of light…

Time passed slowly, and it was soon night.

The sky was filled with clouds blocking the moon and they had no intentions of moving. In the Eternal River Plains' secret plane, it was immersed in darkness.

Magical lights began to light up, connecting together like pearls as they brought light to the Four Seasons Garden headquarters.

However, even if they used large amounts of light magic, in a huge area like that the headquarters occupied, there would still be much darkness and many shadows.

Beside a flower terrace, dark figures emerged from the shadows, one after another.

All of these figures were wearing black robes with traces of blood on them. The smell of blood on their bodies was so strong that it did not seem like it could dissipate, and their eyes showed no sense of human emotion; all there was a pure desire to kill and vent!

"How is this? It's the Magi Army from the dark Magi's headquarters. They're not that different from the light Magi, are they?"

Leylin and Caesar stood aside. This time, they had used their authority to transfer the patrolling Magi away, personally removed the defense mechanism here, and welcomed these people.

Caesar grinned at Leylin.

"They're not bad, and are perhaps a lot stronger…" Leylin sucked in a huge breath.

Due to the harsh environments they lived in, they had to have great battling prowess. In general, being able to live until now was only possible with their own two hands.

The army trained by the light Magi had also gone through arduous and bloody battles, but the only way in which they surpassed the dark Magi army was in their cooperation. In terms of individual battle power, they could not compare.

"It's been already two days since the previous attack. We only have three more days before the investigation team from headquarters arrive! It'll be troublesome when that happens…"

Caesar's expression revealed his discontent. "How about Wade? Haven't you taken care of him yet?"

"He's concealed himself quite well. The people I sent to search for him haven't discovered anything yet!" Leylin waved his arms, looking helpless.

"He won't be able to flee out of the secret plane anyway, so he won't leak any information. Two days later, it won't matter even if he meets up with the investigation team!"

"Let's hope so!" Caesar stared coldly at Leylin for a long while and then forced the words out of his mouth.

He had guessed that Leylin was not doing this work himself and had intentionally let Wade off. However, as long as Wade was not able to spread any information, it would only be a small matter. In terms of general benefits, as long as there were limitations from the contract with Trial's Eye, Caesar believed Leylin wouldn't do anything that harmed their interests.

After all, if this operation failed, it was impossible for Leylin to return to Four Seasons Garden. Instead, he'd become a fugitive!

"Isn't it too conspicuous to bring over all these people? What's going to happen if we get found out?"

Leylin looked at the line of dark Magi trailing behind Caesar and asked, a little worried.

The light Magi from headquarters were no fools. With the Lightning Corps around, every single action either he or Caesar took was susceptible to scrutiny, and if they were discovered to have dealings with dark Magi, they would immediately be stared closely at.

"There's no other choice; we have no more time. In at most three days, or two days at best, we need to bring in enough people and transfer the authority to control the defense system to them!"

Caesar's face was stern, "I can temporarily arrange for them to stay in a few abandoned laboratories and warehouses. They're going to leave in a day or two anyway, so we don't even need to prepare a lot of food or water…"

"Hide in the western warehouse! I've already minimized the patrolling officers and sentries there. Here's the map of the changing of the guards and the warning systems."

Caesar instructed the dark Magi behind him, and passed a piece of parchment paper to him.

The leader took it silently, and with a fling of his robes he turned into black smoke and left with the dark Magi behind him.

The entire process was extremely quiet, displaying the results of the dark Magi's training.

Leylin was extremely aware that during the past few days, Caesar and himself had abused their own authority and brought several batches of dark Magi into the headquarters of Four Seasons Garden.

Due to the chaos after the attack, as well as he and Caesar helping to cover up this plan, not a single Magus had discovered that something was amiss.

By the time the authority to command the formation genie was transferred, the dark Magi would cooperate with those in the external world. Even if all the official Magi within the secret plane now, as well as the two large groups from the Lightning Corps were gathered, they would still be powerless!

Leylin sighed deeply and closed his eyes. He could already imagine the confusion and puzzlement on these Magi as they died.

"Tomorrow, you'll come with me to unseal the core body of consciousness of the secret plane! After the attack, Desmund added another seal and without enough authority, the formation genie will fight back!"

Caesar's face was grim.

In the contest to seize the gate, what was most important was obtaining the core body of consciousness belonging to the gate into the secret plane. As long as this was in their possession, they could control the platinum gate outside and prevent light Magi from the external world from entering.

It could be said that the key to seizing control of the secret plane was the core body of consciousness.

After Desmund had reinforced the sealing spell formation, just Leylin's or Caesar's authority was not enough to undo the spell formation and retrieve the body of consciousness. Only if they worked together would they have enough power to do so.

This was why Caesar was so tolerant of Leylin.

"Don't worry! This has already been stated clearly in the contract, so I can't go back on my word."

Leylin turned to look at Caesar.

"What's more important is what I requested of you! How has the preparation for that been coming along?"

When he had made a contract with the rank 2 dark Magi that the Trial's Eye had bore witness to, Leylin was also able to gain some benefits.

He had requested for a large amount of resources that were only available to certain dark Magi regions, high-grade academic knowledge, research information and even a promise that allowed him to enter Lighthouse of the Night!

Lighthouse of the Night!

That was the holy land for dark Magi. It had a rank 3 dark Magus in charge, and its reputation was spread everywhere. The original leader had even used his own strength and defeated, with a single blow, the combined attack from the director of Abyssal Bone Forest Academy, Siley and a few other rank 2 Magi!

Leylin's request was a little difficult for the rank 2 dark Magus to handle at first.

Though he was a delegate from the Dark Magi Alliance, recommending someone so that they could enter Lighthouse of the Night also required him using a lot of resources and favours.

As for materials, knowledge and the like, it was another huge issue.

However, Leylin had absolutely insisted on this, and the dark Magus had no choice but to include this in the contract.

The moment he thought of this, Caesar's expression became dark and his chest heaved up and down fiercely. Even his breathing had become harsh.

"Don't worry! The Black Blood Ores, Bone Flowers and other resources have already been sent to your room. As for the promise for you to enter the Lighthouse of the Night, you'll get it after we succeed here."

"Very well!" Leylin nodded, and then disappeared into the darkness.

Pak!* Behind him, there was the sound of something shattering.

……

Two days laters, the day before the investigation team arrived.

It was noon, and the blazing heat shined hard upon the ground, resulting in a heatwave.

Four Seasons Garden's headquarters in the Eternal River Plain's secret plane had already regained its vitality. Many light Magi were entering and leaving the Merit Exchange Centre as they completed all sorts of tasks.

The Magi from the outside with neutral stances went out to gather all sorts of resources within the secret plane before coming to the exchange point set up by the Four Seasons Garden and traded them for magic crystals to purchase useful potions and high-grade information.

Everything seemed to be in order.

With Caesar and Leylin heading this work, the headquarters had already returned to its previous prosperity and stability. Of course, this was just on the surface.

Within the shadows, at least fifty dark Magi had been smuggled in, and a few important places with defense spell formations were taken over by dark Magi.

The busy light Magi had absolutely no idea that the headquarters of the secret plane here had already changed ownership.

"How is it? How does it feel to see the headquarters that you built up yourself be destroyed by your own hand?"

A voice travelled from behind Leylin.

Leylin expressionlessly turned, and answered Caesar who approached, "I feel nothing!"

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Another Round

After speaking, Leylin turned to gaze at the bustling market.

Life and death happened all the time, much like the way flowers bloomed and withered away. Everything was being transformed in front of his eyes.

"Nothing in the world can escape the decay of time! This is why I'm so set on seeking eternity, which is something I live by!"

Leylin sighed deeply in his heart.

The rebuilding of this market was not entirely without reason. At the very least, Leylin had gained quite of a bit of experience from managing it. In the future, if he ever needed to take charge of an area where Magi gathered, he knew he could do it much better than before.

Seeing Leylin expression, Caesar snickered inside without showing anything on his face, "Then let us begin as quickly as possible! Someone will move the core body of consciousness today!"

"Alright! Are we finally going to make a move?"

Anticipation flashed in Leylin's eyes, as they walked side by side as they left.

……

Caliste wore the robes unique to Magi from Four Seasons Garden, and ambled over to the region he was in charge of.

Along the way, acolytes stood by the road and bowed to him. He walked past them expressionlessly, and occasionally nodded aloofly.

"This is it! Respect! Reverence! This is what it feels like to be an official Magus…"

As someone who had just been promoted to be an official Magus, Caliste had yet to adjust to this situation.

Such treatment that was reserved for those who were more powerful than the regular human had him feel a little intoxicated.

However, all these thoughts vanished after seeing the large hole beside the fort.

At the outer layer of the headquarters of Four Seasons Garden, there was a huge hole.

This was the masterpiece done by the dark Magi in their previous attack. Leylin and Caesar had ordered for people to mend this, but it had yet to return to its original state.

As he looked at the light Magi and acolytes who were carrying out construction work, Caliste felt as if all the wounds had been re-opened as they sniggered at him.

This huge wound was a disgrace to all the Magi of Four Seasons Garden!

"Those darned dark Magi! One day, I, Caliste, shall…" Caliste's complaints and curses suddenly stopped as he recalled the insane power the dark Magi had displayed.

For a Magus like him who had grown up in a safe environment, every movement from the dark Magi, which were filled with bloodthirstiness and violence, made him feel a little stifled.

In this condition, even those who were of the same rank might lose quite badly.

"If they attack once again, will I be able to do anything?" Caliste was filled with self-doubt. After all, it was his luck that had allowed him to survive while other, more powerful, light Magi had died in battle!

"Hah… I don't care anymore! There's still the Lightning Corps, large-scale defense, and amplification spell formations here, as well Lord Caesar and Lord Leylin! With this level of power, there's definitely no problem for us to hang on for one or two more days. Besides, the people from the headquarters are going to arrive tomorrow!"

Caliste exhaled slowly.

Boom!*

At this moment, green flames suddenly streaked across the sky like a meteor, a tail of light following behind it.

Xiu!* Accompanying the flames was the piercing sound of friction with the air.

Pak!* Green flames rumbled as they exploded in the middle of the sky, forming the image of a green skull!

"This is… the symbol of the dark Magi…" Caliste's voice became hoarse, his expression displaying his disbelief.

"Enemy attack!"

The patrolling Magi bellowed, and layers of black magical beasts charged forth like a tide.

"The biochemical army of the dark Magi! This is an army made out of cannon fodder, formed due to the radiation and poisoning of beasts in the secret plane! The real enemy is still behind. Activate the defense formation and notify the two Lords!"

Atop the watchtower, a Magus who seemed to be the leader of a team icily roared immediately.

"Activate the Heavenly Fire spell formation! Magi on the ground are to prepare wind spells and fire rain scrolls!"

This little leader was obviously the commander of a zone, and he immediately began to seek permission from the formation genie with his spiritual force.

"Formation genie! Activate the energy amplification spell formation again! The targets are all Magi of Four Seasons Garden!"

The energy amplification spell formation was a large-scale spell formation that would cover the entire area of the headquarters at the secret plane. It could cause Magi who were semi-converted and below to have their power to increase by 10%.

"Received request, verifying authority!"

He could hear the emotionless voice of the formation genie in his mind.

"Verification failed! Spell formation will not be activated!" However, the formation genie's next words seemed to throw him down into the abyss.

"What? It didn't go through?"

The commander's face changed and he fiercely smashed the stone railing beside him. *Pak!* A huge chunk of green stone fell.

"It happened again! There's a traitor!"

He turned his head, glancing in the direction of Reynold's office. "Is it Caesar? Leylin? Or both of them?"

Magi were not fools in general. The failure to activate the formation genie could be said to be a fluke the previous time, but it had happened again. The scope of people he suspected had been made smaller, and no amount of concealing would work.

Caesar and Leylin did not bother doing that either, as they were already prepared to leave Four Seasons Garden.

"Leader, what do we do?" The female Magus behind him asked anxiously.

"Let's go!" This Magus looked at the beast horde that was going to arrive soon, and then the platinum gate of the secret plane a distance away. He gritted his teeth and made his choice.

"The situation now is extremely dangerous, and there are also traitors here! The casualties here will definitely be more than the previous time. If you want to survive, leave with me! Immediately! Now!" The leader quickly explained.

He was deemed to be very trustworthy in this team, and a few members chose to leave with him. The rest stayed behind.

At this point, those who chose to stay behind were completely loyal to Four Seasons Garden.

The expression on this commander's face changed, becoming icy as he led his team members and broke away from the beast wave.

Before leaving, he turned back to look at Four Seasons Garden's defensive line.

Though the ranged spell formation of the formation genie could not be activated, there were still a lot of defense Magi who chose to stay behind. Hailstones, storms, flashes of lightning and thunder, and fire raining from the sky could be seen on the defensive line.

"I'm sorry!" This leader apologised in his heart and immediately turned to leave.

Magi were a bunch of logical and practical people. The team leader was very clear that the enemies were very aggressive in their attacks, and they even had a highly-ranked spy to provide support. The Magi of Four Seasons Garden here would not end up well.

As the defense Magi battled with the army of magical beasts, immense energy waves swept through Four Seasons Garden.

In a second, Four Seasons Garden was in chaos once again.

Wandering Magi with no affiliation thought back to the previous time this happened and quickly chose to leave. Acolytes were as powerless as ants in this situation, and they could only wail in hopelessness.

On top of that, a few Magi also took the opportunity to conduct some illegal activities, and in a short period of time, the sound from quarrels, wails, and on top of that, the roars from magical beasts coupled with the aura of magic traveled throughout the region.

"How terrifying! Oh Four Seasons, did my nightmare reappear?"

"Too terrifying! It's too terrifying!"

Caliste mumbled away. As a defense Magus of Four Seasons Garden, it was his duty to protect his homeland. However, his legs were becoming jelly and started to shift backwards.

Boom!* At this moment, half a body, from which the other half had been ripped off by a beast, fell from the sky. As the corpse dropped, it sprayed a rain of blood that covered his entire face.

"Ah…" Caliste's facial muscles twitched, and he no longer hesitated to run in the opposite direction.

While running, his lips moved slightly and a ring of green energy particles appeared, causing his weight to decrease by half.

A layer of dense earth armour also emerged on his body.

"I'm sorry…" While Caliste dashed off wildly, he apologised in his heart…

Boom!*

Just when he passed by a building, the building suddenly began to shake violently, and then exploded in flames.

The wave of flames and heat spread out in all four directions, with sparks and rocks flying everywhere. A few acolytes who were nearby turned into ashes instantly in this explosion.

Bang! Bang! Bang!*

Caliste had his innate defensive spell formation, so he was physically alright. However, a few larger rocks had struck his chest, causing him to pale and fall backwards.

"What happened? How could the dark Magi enter so quickly?"

Confusion was apparent on his face, which would be the last expression that he would ever make.

Tss!* A large crimson sword that was still burning with yellow flames pierced through this Magus' innate defensive spell formation, sticking into the area where his heart was.

"So there was one more official Magus here! I almost let him escape!"

Behind the cold voice, a Magus in black robes appeared before Caliste's corpse and pulled out the crimson sword!

He gazed at the ruins around him, unexpectedly producing a crazed look of enjoyment, "Kill! Cry! Only after feeling the deepest sense of hopelessness will my Weeping Skeleton Sword be able to exhibit its most formidable power!"

He glanced at the acolytes around him that were completely stunned, and the sword in his hand began to flame once more, charging into the crowd of Magi.

Corpses that piled as high as mountains, blood that flowed like the sea!

Caesar had brought in many elite dark Magi troops secretly using his authority, situating them at various core areas and had them unleash attacks together!

Immediately, Four Seasons Garden was turned into a sea of flames once more! Dozens of areas went up in green smoke. Dark Magi brazenly slashed and killed as they liked, venting their innermost desires…

In this situation where attacks were coming from both within and outside, Four Seasons Garden was definitely not going to last long.

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Conflict

"How is it? This is the masterpiece we created together!"

In what had originally been Reynold's office, Caesar used the formation genie's observation spell formation to survey the situation in the headquarters of Four Seasons Garden within the secret plane. The sea of blood and flames gave rise to a morbid look of pleasure on his face.

"I don't feel much! Every living being is born, grows, and dies. Such is the law of nature."

Leylin answered expressionlessly like a preacher.

The reason why he and Caesar were here was naturally to do something of utmost importance—to move the secret plane's gate's core body of consciousness!

This process was extremely troublesome, and getting past the defense of the formation genie and sealing spell formation were trivial matters.

A consciousness core was a very delicate and fragile thing that could be obtained from a body. If there was the slightest attack from the external world, it would instantly die. Previously, Caesar had planned on destroying it and had not thought through the process but simply used the most violent methods.

However, it was different now. The person who would hand over the core body of consciousness to the dark Magi needed to ensure its safety. This was an extremely delicate job and there were immense benefits to it. As long as they possessed the core body of consciousness, that meant that they could control the entrance of the Eternal River Plain's secret plane!

Such a benefit would cause the light Magi association to lose their senses, much less the dark Magi!

"Who's going to take over? Can you tell me now?"

Leylin stared hard at Caesar.

Within the office were a huge crowd of dark Magi.

The group of commanders in charge of the core in the secret plane had been completely infiltrated and taken over by dark Magi! This was simply hilarious.

However, no light Magus inside could laugh at the situation because they had all become corpses in the corridor outside.

The dark Magi gave off the feeling of people who had gone through specialised military training, they were swift and decisive in their actions. The smell of blood was so dense on their bodies that it could not dissipate.

These were the elites of the dark Magi! Their battle power was far from what an ordinary Magus could compare to. Even the troops from the Lightning Corps were a level lower than them!

Just standing there gave off a very intimidating pressure.

Compared to them, Leylin only had Number 2 and Number 3 beside him, looking rather pathetic in strength.

"You should be quite familiar with who it is…"

Caesar laughed, seeming to be rejoicing in Leylin's misfortune.

"It's me!" A hoarse voice sounded in the room.

Dark green flames spread in the air, eventually turning into a door.

A tall and slender Magus with green eyes in a black robe emerged from the door of flames.

Silver solidified spiritual force particles were hovering around his body. The waves from the spiritual force were like ocean waves spreading across the area.

"Lord Cabourn!" The surrounding Magi quickly bowed.

This rank 2 dark Magus was the one that Leylin had seen previously. He was also the person that backed Thousand Meddling Hands; Caesar and Giant's biological father!

"Keke! We meet again young man!"

The dark green flames in Cabourn's eyes was extremely vigorous, and he was measuring Leylin up with what seemed to be bad intentions.

"So it's Lord Cabourn!" Leylin's expression did not change and he gave a small bow. Inside, however, he was beginning to get nervous, and worked even harder at using the spiritual force compression method from the old witch.

Fortunately, the rank 2 dark Magus fixed his attention on the core body of consciousness.

Cabourn approached the place where the seal had once been. The seal had already been mostly removed by Leylin and Caesar, and this rank 2 Magus would be able to easily dispel the rest.

Cabourn lightly tapped on the floorboard with his shoes. Two sides of the desk split open, revealing the sealing formation below.

At this point, the spell formation had mostly been destroyed and the runes of the spell were dim.

At the centre of the spell formation that had split open, a translucent depression emerged.

White gold flames the size of a pea were burning steadily.

"Is this the core body of consciousness of the platinum gate?" Though these white gold flames were tiny and looked ready to go out, Leylin was able to sense the immense energy and solidified spiritual force within.

This feeling was like lava that had yet to explode. It was like the sea during its tranquil stage, deep and enigmatic, enormous beyond belief!

"This is it! This is it!"

The rank 2 Magus, Cabourn, mumbled in a bewitched manner.

Next, he turned to the Magi present. "What happens next is that I'll take over here until our people completely occupy this place!"

The core body of consciousness of the gate of the secret plane was basically like a key to the gate. It was extremely important. In order to prevent any accidents or unexpected situations, the rank 2 dark Magus was going to take the core far away or destroy it right away.

"Black Blood Corps! You are to guard the corridor that leads to this area. Unless I order you to do otherwise, do not let anyone enter!"

Cabourn immediately began to arrange defensive duties.

After giving the dark Magi in the room their orders, the rank 2 dark Magus switched his attention to Leylin, eyes unable to conceal his desire to toy around with him. It looked like he was eyeing a white mouse inside a laboratory.

"Magus Leylin! The Dark Magi Alliance has seen your efforts. I wonder if I can get you to do a little more?"

Caesar, who was standing behind Cabourn, began to snicker. From his point of view, Leylin now held no value, and anyone controlled by his father in this situation would not have a good ending.

"What is it?" Leylin's face did not change.

"Please die!"

Cabourn grinned strangely, and suddenly made his move! Silver solidified spiritual force unhesitatingly swept through the office, books and bookshelves flying everywhere and turning into dust under the silver light.

The rank 2 Magus, Cabourn, was actually not at all afraid of the contract with the Trial's Eye and had brazenly raised his hand against Leylin!

Silver solidified spiritual force transformed into strange, huge bony claws, and bright red blood seemed to drip from the joints!

"You dare threaten me! A rank 1 Magus like you actually dared to threaten me, Cabourn! You even treated Caesar that way! I want to extract your spirit and roast it under White Bone flames for ten thousand years…"

Cabourn roared.

Shua!*

Leylin's expression was solemn as he faced a rank 2 Magus who was going all out against him and in peak condition.

A layer of dense black scales emerged on his body. At the same time, the defensive layer from the Fallen Star Pendant formed on his body, turning into a phantom set of armour. Leylin immediately entered his strongest defensive state.

Weng!* Brownish-yellow gravitational spell formation appeared in front of his chest, instantly covering an area of over a hundred meters.

A gravitational power of more than 40 times stronger than normal descended.

As if affected by gravity, the strange white bone claws sunk down a little, their speed also slowing.

"Latent Fireball!" Leylin rapidly chanted incantations, and a huge black fireball emerged, constantly expanding in midair. Two blood-red eyeballs were formed, as well as a blazing tongue that emerged from its mouth.

A huge serpent blazing with black flames hissed as it went forward, mercilessly colliding with the strange white claws.

Rumble!*

An immense explosion swept through the office.

"You…" Cabourn was alarmed and immediately swung his arms. A black defensive layer immediately protected the area where the core body of consciousness was.

Next, black and silver-white energy began to extend and wreak havoc in the surroundings.

First the floorboards, then the window ledges, roof…

A giant black mushroom cloud ascended at the place where the two spells had collided and constantly became larger, eventually turning into a large round shape that devoured everything.

The tremendous explosion even caused the battle going on not far away to be silenced. The dark Magi who were manipulating the magical beasts and the light Magi who were defending to the death had all halted, fearfully glancing at the scene at the centre of the headquarters.

By the time everything quietened down, what had been Reynold's office had been levelled, and the buildings nearby had all disappeared.

Even a few layers of the ground had been shaved off.

The dark Magi who Cabourn had sent to stand guard had all been hit and they were lying around, fresh blood and broken limbs all over the place. If not for their immense power and formidable innate defensive spells, they would most likely be corpses instead of being heavily injured!

Caesar, who was behind Cabourn, was in an even worse state. He had been swept by the immense energy to over a hundred metres away, buried in a pile of ruins. It was unknown whether he was still alive or dead.

Leylin staggered backwards, paling.

Behind him, Number 2 and Number 3 had lost their robes, revealing their firm muscles and the runes branded onto their bodies.

"You…"

Cabourn raised a bony finger and pointed it at Leylin, his expression full of disbelief.

Though he had split his attention to taking care of the core body of consciousness, he had spent 70 – 80% of his power on the white bony claws, and Leylin had actually been able to take it on!

Compared to a few days ago, he was now able to exhibit his full strength! He had not held back at all!

To think that this level of attack had been taken on by Leylin. Had he reached the level of a rank 2 Magus?

Cabourn was speechless.

"Looks like my guess was right! You still have a way to evade the contract made with the Trial's Eye!"

At one side, Leylin fell back and stared hard at Cabourn.

For him, there was only one Magus, Cabourn, who would be able to threaten him. Everyone else could be disregarded.

Though Leylin and Cabourn had signed the contract with the Trial's Eye, how could he, who liked to engage in wordplay, actually believe in it?

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It wasn't as if there was no way to undo the contract with the Trial's Eye. The last time, Thousand Meddling Hands had given Leylin the solution of the Nefarious Filthbird feathers which had destroyed one side of the contract.

What made Leylin more uneasy was that this liquid had come from the hands of Cabourn, this rank 2 Magus!

Though it was impossible to find another solution of the Nefarious Filthbird feathers, for Magi like them, they did have ways to achieve a similar effect.

After all, the people behind Thousand Meddling Hands was the Dark Magi Alliance, which had at least a rank 3 dark Magus in charge!

If Leylin actually believed in that contract, then he must be a fool!

Caesar in front of him was a very good example! He was a Magus of Four Seasons Garden that was highly regarded. The force of the contract on him must be even stricter, and yet he had been able to betray Four Seasons Garden without the slightest hesitation. He must have used some method to break away from the effect of the contract.

Hence, though they had stated in the contract that they would not attack each other, Leylin did not take this to heart.

Just as expected, the rank 2 Magus had outrageously attacked him after obtaining what he'd wanted, not caring about the effects of the contract. This meant that he had destroyed his side of the contract.

Fortunately, Leylin had been wary of this rank 2 Magus from the start and been able to improve his strength after modifying his heart. Only then was he able to take on the attack.

"How… How were you able to retaliate? How are you able to break away from the influence of the contract?"

Cabourn first disregarded his shock at Leylin's strength, and first asked this question.

The contract with the Trial's Eye was not something to be made light of, otherwise it would not be used so extensively.

Besides its mortal enemy the Nefarious Filthbird, there were few other ways to deal with this sort of contract.

Even he himself needed guidance and help from the rank 3 Magus in charge of the Dark Magi Alliance and paid a large price to eliminate the limitations of the contract on his end.

The meaning of 'eliminating the limitations of the contract on his end' was to remove the effect of the Trial's Eye on him, while Leylin would still be bound by the contract.

In other words, he could attack Leylin, but Leylin would not be able to strike back. The moment he did, the Trial's Eye would punish him!

It was because of this that he had been so fearless and brazen in wanting to eliminate this untrustworthy factor first!

However, the powerful effects of Trial's Eye did not work on Leylin. How could this not surprise him?

"Could it be that Leylin also trained in some magic that is similar to "Three Souls in a Body"?" Cabourn was beginning to realise that he could not fathom this young Magus.

His son, Caesar, had used the special effects of Three Souls in a Body that allowed Caesar to violate the contract with Four Seasons Garden. He had died once, and after the effects of Trial's Eye had completely disappeared, he had come back to life and thus evaded the power of the contract.

Cabourn did not think Leylin had any rank 3 Magus aiding him, and the only other way for this situation to happen was that he trained in some ancient techniques!

"Fools!"

Cabourn glanced around coldly, and then coldly hummed. Due to the immense explosion, they had exposed themselves entirely to the light Magi. There were already a few wandering light Magi that wanted to investigate and find out what was happening.

Their surroundings had turned into barren land, and only the place sealing the core body of consciousness had a layer of black energy guarding it.

A few Magi wearing the uniform of the Lightning Corps had quickly made their way here. The leader was someone Leylin was extremely familiar with. It was the vice-leader that Desmund had left behind, who was a formidable peak rank 1 Magus.

"The Lightning Corps? What an eyesore!"

Cabourn let out a roar as if he had some animosity towards them, and he moved his arms forward, "Withering Breath!"

A ring of silver-gray stream was generated between his hands, and like a tornado violently revolved towards the Lightning Corps.

This stream seemed to have an immense corrosive effect and produced long, deep tracks on the ground. In an instant, it arrived before these Magi.

Tss tss!*

The stream charged towards a Lightning Corps Magus. With a strange expression on his face, he suddenly began to wither.

In the blink of an eye, this powerful Magus had turned into a dried up corpse and collapsed to the ground.

"Keke!" Cabourn laughed in a way that sent shivers down one's spine, and the silver-grey tornado killed the Magi one by one. It then pounced towards the face of the vice-leader, who was struck with hopelessness.

"The rank 2 Magus, Deathbringer Cabourn! Lighting's Fury!"

The vice-leader of the Lightning Corps obviously recognised Cabourn and roared, raised his metal arm and struck towards the tornado!

With his movement, two large balls of lightning appeared in front of his fists.

The huge lightning fists brought with it thunder, flames, and inexhaustible fury, and hissed as it pounced towards the silver-gray tornado in the air.

Unexpectedly, the two lightning fists charged into the tornado and somehow completely disappeared without even having produced a sound.

"Pu!" The vice-leader paled and coughed out black-red blood that emitted some grey gas.

"Keke! Ever since I suffered a loss the previous time, did you think I wouldn't research your lightning magic?"

Cabourn could not stop with his strange laughter, and the huge tornado continued to howl as it sucked this man in.

Woo woo…*

The tornado constantly revolved where it was, and in a few seconds, dissipated, revealing the scene within.

Pak!* A spotlessly white skeleton fell the moment the tornado disappeared, which cracked in many places before turning into powder.

What had been the vice team-leader had had his flesh and blood stripped from him. Even the life force in his bones had not been let off.

Cabourn was able to take care of the Lightning Corps in a single blow. Such fearsome power intimidated the light Magi nearby, and the Magi of Four Seasons Garden unhesitatingly turned to leave quickly.

Though they were loyal to Four Seasons Garden, they were no fools! A person able to kill a peak rank 1 Magus had to have reached the level of a rank 2 Magus! If they went up against this sort of Magus, then they were simply committing suicide!

Cabourn nodded in satisfaction and turned to look at Leylin.

"I've taken care of the hindrance. Now it's time for us to start again…"

Leylin had been standing quietly while Cabourn had attacked and slaughtered the members of the Lightning Corps. Nobody had an idea of what he was thinking about.

"It's time!" All of a sudden, Leylin exclaimed quietly.

"What time is it?" Cabourn suddenly felt cold, having a bad premonition.

Weng Weng…*

The sound of something vibrating emerged, and the metal gate to the secret plane across the center of Four Seasons Garden began to buzz.

The Magi were no strangers to this situation. This had happened just once before, and this was when a rank 2 Magus had brought in a whole army of Magi through the gate of the secret plane!

Tssss!*

Blue electric currents swept along the metallic gate. What had been a cloudless blue sky suddenly dimmed, and dark clouds appeared.

A pair of large hands formed out of lightning charged in through the gate and swept through the dark Magi around.

In an instant, the dark Magi who had been brazenly plundering and looting turned into ash with shock still apparent on their faces.

What followed the large hands was a blonde, burly man with a lightning symbol on his forehead that gave off eye-catching rays.

"Desmund!" Cabourn gritted his teeth as he forced out this name.

Next, he gave Leylin a withering look, "Did you do this?"

Within the Eternal River Plains' secret plane, the only person who was so clear about their plan and was able to communicate with the external world was Leylin!

What Cabourn just could not understand was how this would benefit Leylin.

What he had done was enough for the Light Magi Alliance to kill him hundreds of times. Even if he disclosed this information, he would still not be let off lightly.

In addition, Leylin had offended both the dark and light Magi, so there was no way he would be in a good situation.

However, Cabourn did not have any time to think about this. Desmund looked at the scene around them, shocked, and blue rays of light floated from the bodies of what had been the Lightning Corps, launching into the mark at Desmund's forehead.

This burly man was immediately overcome by fury.

"Cabourn, you despicable maggot! A cowardly fool that only knows to run! I'll definitely twist off your head and trample it for ten thousand years at my parliament hall!"

Desmund roared and covered himself in blue lightning.

Ka-cha!*

A tremendous lightning bolt split open the heavens and, in a straight line, landed on Desmund's hand, turning it into a weapon that looked like a pike.

Xiu!* Desmund's figure streaked across the sky and appeared before Cabourn.

"Repulsive!"

Cabourn's eyelids blinked rapidly, and two lines of silver-gray tornados shot out from his hands.

Large tornados thundered and combined into a larger tornado that wrapped him within.

Like a lightning god, Desmund charged into the midst of the tornado, and one could vaguely see two figures wandering within.

The violent tornado floundered around at will, and any Magus which came into contact with it instantly turned into a withered corpse or was burnt to ashes by stray lightning bolts.

"They're finally gone!"

Leylin glanced at the two rank 2 Magi that were fighting and revealed a smile of relief.

Though he had already modified his heart and was indefinitely closer to the world of a rank 2 Magus and could be said to be the strongest rank 1 Magus in history, he was still a rank 1 Magus! There was still a huge divide behind him and a rank 2 Magus.

Though he had been able to take on an attack from Cabourn, but if they were to continue battling, he was only confident in his abilities to escape.

This was something that was simply unacceptable!

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Activation

"Though there were a few issues, everything is mostly going to plan!"

With a smile about his face, he walked towards the sealing spell formation that Cabourn was protecting.

"Leave this place!"

All of a sudden, a familiar voice travelled to his ears.

The instant he heard this voice, ten black figures appeared and surrounded Leylin.

Leylin was very familiar with the leader. It was Giant of the Thousand Meddling Hands! His legs had been regenerated, and the mist about him was denser than ever before.

Beside him, Caesar had been rescued and was full of dust. He looked to be in a sorry state, and stared hatefully at Leylin.

"Leylin, you dare betray us! You dare betray the honour of us dark Magi…"

"Stop!" Leylin was a little speechless as he interrupted Giant's speech. "Aren't dark Magi a group of creatures that only look up to benefits? Since when was there anything about honour?"

He glanced at Giant, who looked pale, "If you want to seek revenge, tell me! Don't bother with the pretense!"

Giant paused, his face turning red.

"Yes, I want to seek revenge! What I have here are elite dark Magi whose elemental essence conversions are all over 70%! I admit that you're strong, but as long as you're not a rank 2 Magus, you definitely won't be able to survive the attack of so many of us Magi."

Giant pointed at the dark Magi around him. "You actually dared to kill Little Boy and treat me this way!" His facial muscles began to twitch.

Being defeated so thoroughly by Leylin was the worst kind of humiliation for him.

"Ah… I want to kill you, peel off your skin, and make it my carpet!" Giant roared.

"Your threat is absolutely… Lacking in creativity…"

Leylin heaved a tiny sigh. Even though he was encircled by so many dark Magi, he still had the mood to scan his eyes over the situation in the Four Seasons Garden.

Even Number 2 and Number 3 behind him seemed to be influenced by him, and were not the slightest bit worried.

With the addition of the Lightning Corps, the complete defeat of Four Seasons Garden's end seemed to less certain. The dark and light Magi had now broken into countless smaller groups and were battling.

In the heart of it all was the large tornado, within which Desmund and Cabourn were fighting.

The tyrannical tornado turned everything, whether it was Magi or buildings, into powder in an instant!

At the heart of the tornado, two figures could be seen rapidly exchanging blows.

Lightning currents were scattered everywhere, sometimes penetrating through the tornado and causing large numbers of casualties.

"It's really chaotic…"

Leylin sighed, seeming to pity Caesar and Giant while he looked at them, "Leave immediately, and I might even let you off!"

"Are you trying to humiliate me?" Caesar and Giant spoke at the same time.

Though they had seen how formidable Leylin was, they did not think that Leylin would be able to survive the joint attack of so many Magi. Naturally, they thought of Leylin's words as a bluff.

Giant was even more angered, and he waved his arm. "Attack!"

Immediately, all the dark Magi around him attacked. Corrosive curses, Exhausting Hand, Toxic Clouds, Acid Lightning, Ice Bolts, and all sorts of insidious spells turned into colourful rays of light that hurtled towards Leylin like a wave.

Every single attack was had an offensive power of at least 45 degrees!

This level of attack was something a peak rank 1 Magus would definitely be unable to handle. Without even being able to flee, they would be seriously injured and die under this joint attack.

However, Leylin was different. After the successful modification of his heart and the mixing of his bloodline with the bloodline of the Giant Kemoyin Serpent, he was infinitely close to a rank 2 Magus, despite not yet reaching that point!

It could be said that he was the strongest peak rank 1 Magus in history!

"Shadow Domain!"

In the face of such an attack, Leylin loudly chanted an incantation and made a weird sign with his hands, and then pressed them to the ground.

Weng!* A strange ring of black quickly extended everywhere with Leylin in the centre, instantly covering hundreds of meters.

This was a domain-type attack which Leylin had come up with by studying shadows. Though the effect could not compare to true domain-specific magic, its power was still rather similar!

In the Book of Giant Serpent, the great Magus Serholm had once mentioned that Magi of high ranking had a skill that could affect large areas. They were able to control a large territory and suppress the innate skills of any Magus with a lower ability than them, causing the power of lower-leveled Magi within the area to become weakened.

If a Magus was of a high enough ranking, they could even come up with their own laws within the domain!

It could be said that in one's own domain, a highly ranked Magus was basically a godly existence!

Leylin obviously had yet to reach that level. The "Shadow Domain" he had come up with was just an imitation that didn't even have the effect of suppressing the abilities of Magi within. All it did was amplify his own attacks, but this also represented his ambition!

[Shadow Domain! Rank 1 Area attack effects: Instantly produce a shadow domain of 100m x 100m, within which the host body's agility is increased by 30%, rate of recovery of spiritual force is increased by 10%, and resistance to elements is increased by 10%! Duration: 5 minutes. Consumption: 15 Spiritual force and 15 Magical power!]

In the blink of an eye, darkness consumed the dark Magi beside Leylin.

All types of magical attacks soundlessly vanished after the appearance of the shadow. Not a single wave of energy was produced.

Immediately after, like a fish in water, Leylin seemed to become the devil king of the night. He began to harvest the lives of the Magi within the domain.

The low and horrifying shrieks of exclamation was heard in the darkness.

In just ten or so seconds, the shadows in this area pulled back and returned to Leylin's feet.

The dark Magi who had surrounded him were in a state of shock, their emotions frozen on their faces.

Pu!* A stream of air blew past, and a sound was heard.

A Magus in front of Leylin exploded into foam.

Pu! Pu! Pu! Pu!*

As if causing some chain reaction, the dark Magi exploded one by one, turning into pulps of human flesh.

Bright red blood mist pervaded this area.

Within the blood mist, there were still two figures that were not dead.

They were the Caesar and Giant, who were parts of a single spirit that had been split into different bodies. They were now full of wounds that looked like they had been caused by metal slicing against their flesh, blood dying their clothes as they collapsed into an unconscious heap.

Leylin was still not a rank 2 Magus after all, and did not want to attract Cabourn's attention. If Cabourn ever decided on giving up on his current opponent, and decided to cause him trouble, it would be a huge headache for him. Hence, Leylin had chosen to leave them alive.

"Latent fireball!"

Seeing the dark Magi elites having been taken care of in an instant, whether it was the dark or light Magi, nobody dared to provoke Leylin, and they came to a tacit understanding, leaving the area right away. They left this place to Leylin.

Leylin came to the place where Cabourn had set up the black layer, and raised his hand, a black fireball the size of a fist appearing in his palm.

"Go!" Leylin made a tossing motion, and a black fireball streaked through the air, colliding against the layer and beginning to burn.

Drops of black liquid melted on the layer, and were quickly evaporated.

Leylin's control over his spiritual force was now extremely refined. In his hands, the Latent Fireball was able to have an immense destructive force, and even attack while not making any sound and limiting its power.

Po!*

The black layer kept vibrating and was eventually unable to endure the attack, cracking into little pieces, and revealing the sealing spell formation within.

Due to the special attention Cabourn, a rank 2 dark Magus had put into protecting it, the area in which the sealing spell formation was perfectly fine despite Leylin's previous attack.

One could even see a circular trace on the floor as the boundaries of the layer broke off.

"The core body of consciousness of the gate to the secret plane!"

Leylin's eyes saw nothing else. He concentrated on the white gold flames of the core within the sealing spell formation, eyes revealing his enchantment by it.

"Go according to the original plan!" He spoke to Number 2 and Number 3 behind him, and headed into the spell formation.

"Understood, Master!"

Number 2 and Number 3 glanced at each other. In their eyes, one could see a resolute expression and even preparation to die! As slaves bound spiritually to Leylin, even if Leylin wanted them to commit suicide, they would do so without any qualms.

Next, they each produced a crimson, diamond-shaped crystal.

"For the glory of Master!"

Number 2 and Number 3 roared, and shattered the crystals. A crimson screen emerged from the fragments of the crystal, and encased the area encompassed by the spell formation.

These two crimson crystals were actually single-use spell formations. Judging the defensive power of the crimson screen, it could be said that this was very valuable.

"Woo woo…"

Like the howls of a grieving spirit, or perhaps the laments of suffering, the wails of sorrow that came from the spirit sounded throughout the headquarters of the Four Seasons Garden.

Along with the sound, tiny black runes appeared on the buildings around them.

These runes twisted here and there like little tadpoles or stretched out snakes, seeing to be very mysterious and strange.

The runes assembled and eventually formed a large-scale spell formation.

The spell formation had quite a wide range and included basically the entire headquarters. Whether it was the defensive area at the frontlines or the entrance to the secret plane at the back, they were all covered in these black runes.

Streams of black light constantly combined, and due to the continuous battles, even a few layers of the earth were scraped off. However, these black streams arranged themselves and immediately filled in the craters!

This massive spell formation had been immediately activated!

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Woo woo……*

Along with the sound of wails, milky-white and dull red rays began to appear and shine all around the battlefield.

These spots of light were very bright, with some of them even illuminating a vague human face. The Magi nearby kept crying out in alarm because what they saw within were the faces of their family and friends!

"Spirits! This is a spell formation that specifically targets the spirits of those who died in battle!"

A Magus not far away immediately yelled, "Where have I seen something that can cover such a large area and not destroy anything before…"

These white and red spots seemed to be attracted by an immense force and shot towards the surface of the crimson light screen at the centre of the spell formation.

Tss tss!*

The spirits dissolved into the crimson screen the moment they touched it.

The crimson screen did not refuse anything that approached it. Whether it was the spirit of an acolyte or a Magus, whether dark or light Magi, all of these spots of light which represented spirits were absorbed into it.

As the number of spirits that it absorbed increased, the reddish layer became darker until, in the end, it became a dark red large-scale defensive spell formation.

"It targets just spirits! This is magic that the Light Magi Alliance ordered to be made a forbidden technique! It even dares to gather the spirits of Magi! This is simply blasphemous!"

The eyes of a Magus with a snowy-white beard turned red. Just now, he had personally witnessed his lover's spirit being absorbed by that sinister screen. Even without using his brain, it was obvious that Leylin did not have any good intentions in gathering these spirits.

"Destroy it quickly!"

This sinister black spell formation immediately caused the magicians present much fear. Whether dark or light Magi, neither wanted their spirits to be extracted and used by anyone else.

All sorts of magic such as frost arrows, fireballs, mysterious spirit spells and holy magic of the light element struck and exploded against the building that was filled with runes.

Rumble!*

Under the joint attack of the Magi, the building was quickly reduced to ashes, but the black runes were like brands deeply etched into the air. Even the residual energy of the battle in the tornado between two rank 2 Magi was not enough to destroy these runes.

"I remember what this is! It's the Large Formation of Ten Thousand Spirits: Hades' Sacrificial Rites!" The Magus who had previously recognised the function of the spell formation yelled again.

"This is a forbidden technique that was considered taboo even in ancient times! It's able to absorb all the spiritual energy from the spirits of the dead within its range. As it has a trace of protection from Hades, before the time limit is up, it will not disappear…"

"I've heard about this spell formation too! Hasn't it been lost though?"

The Magi stopped their attacks and turned their attention to the dark red screen in the centre of Four Seasons Gardens, their eyes displaying their fear.

The huge black spell formation constantly thundered as it absorbed large numbers of spirits. Such a strange sight caused even the magical beings outside to feel a sense of dread.

The battlefield was silent. Whether it was the dark or light Magi or even the rank 2 Magi who were battling shifted their attention to find out what was happening with the crimson screen.

Within the crimson screen.

Leylin gazed at the white-gold flame in his hand and grinned.

"Power!" He spoke.

He had not had any intentions of abiding by the rules of the contract made with the Trial's Eye. All that he did was for this thing that was now in his hands!

All that talk about a recommendation to enter Lighthouse of the Night was just a smokescreen. Compared to relying on another organisation, how could it be any better than the thrill of freedom?

As for the contract with the Trial's Eye? That was just a joke in Leylin's eyes!

Using the solution from the feathers of the nefarious filthy bird, he was easily able to remove traces of the contract from his body.

Though there was only one portion of the solution, Leylin still possessed many Void Hallucination Flowers!

This flower had a very unique property in that with some simple methods it could imitate all sorts of complicated ingredients! It was for this reason that the Void Hallucination Flower was an essential ingredient in ancient potions!

Giant had delivered the solution of the feathers of the Nefarious Filthbird into Leylin's hands. Leylin had confirmed the authenticity of the item and did not consume it straight away, but had instead used the A.I. Chip to record the details concerning the composition of this solution!

Next, after many rounds of testing and a little help from the A.I. Chip at the atomic level, Leylin successfully made use of the Void Hallucination Flower and simulated the composition of the solution!

What happened next was obvious.

With his authority of seven stars for the formation genie, he had naturally secretly carved the runes for the Large Formation of Ten Thousand Spirits and prepared for today.

The runes and the setting up of the energy points was naturally information that he had gathered from the Book of Giant Serpent.

Based on records regarding Kemoyin's Pupils, Leylin needed to burn up large amounts of spiritual force and stimulate his high-grade meditation technique in order to spur on his own advancement to becoming a rank 2 Warlock.

Rather than accumulating slowly, he could use large amounts of ownerless spiritual force to replace what he required with this method!

Spiritual force was as precious as one's own blood. If one were to burn up large amounts of their own spiritual force, this would definitely result in very dire consequences. And even if one could advance, a long period of time would be needed to recover from the damage.

If he were to use spiritual force from the external world, this would not be a problem! If there was enough spiritual force and it was pure enough, it might even support the Magus and set up a strong foundation for them!

After being made aware of this fact, Leylin immediately fixed his attention on the core body of consciousness.

This core body of consciousness had formed after tens of thousands of years, and had a tremendous amount of spiritual force. However, its intelligence was very weak and was not even comparable to a three-year-old. It was for this reason that it was so easily caught and sealed by Magi.

The spiritual force that would stimulate the meditation technique to power up would require refinement and purification of his own foundations.

Hence, Leylin chose to use the Large Formation of Ten Thousand Spirits in the Book of Giant Serpent, which was a formidable forbidden technique used specifically to accumulate spiritual power.

What this formation needed was a battlefield, and the deaths of many Magi who were extremely powerful in terms of their spiritual force. Leylin had therefore decided to activate it at this point of time.

In the external world, most of the light and dark Magi had already died. The spirits of these Magi and acolytes, and even magical beasts, had turned into fuel for Leylin's advancement!

"Let's not waste time. Let's begin!"

With a thought from Leylin, milky-white and dark red spiritual spots were like moths flying into flames, pouncing towards the white-gold light in the palm of his hand.

At this moment, Leylin seemed to feel the howls of a confined consciousness at the heart of the white-gold flame.

The spiritual spots were numerous but were heterogeneous. The core body of consciousness had a boundless spiritual force, but had a very weak consciousness.

As these two collided it was like boiling oil meeting water, they created a violent reaction.

With the interference from the Large Formation of Ten Thousand Spirits: Hades' Sacrificial Rites, the script that Leylin had prepared was beginning to put on a good show.

The flames, which had only been the size of a bean, suddenly expanded and burned furiously. Just like that, the spirit spots were razed to ashes.

However, these spots seemed to be boundless. Even though the spots in front of them had been burnt to nothingness, they still did not hesitate to pounce towards the flames. This was especially so for the spiritual spots that belonged to official Magi. They could survive in the flame for a long time, almost extinguishing the white-gold flames.

Eventually, the consciousness of the white-gold flame became increasingly weak. All the impurities in the spiritual spots had disappeared, and the consciousness vanished, causing it to be extremely pure.

A clean, pure, ownerless spiritual force began to be produced from the heart of the flames.

……

Sometime later, Leylin focused on the silver flames in front of him, his eyes revealed his joy.

This was the crystallised spiritual force that he had refined. It combined the spiritual force that the platinum gate had gathered after many years, with the spiritual force essence from the Magi that had died in battle.

"The effects are even better than I expected! Total amount of spiritual force has increased by 22%."

Leylin mumbled quietly, and then looked towards the silver flame. There, a white-gold ball of light like a ping pong ball hovered, emitting spiritual waves that Leylin almost did not notice.

However, the spiritual waves seemed to communicate with the silver flames, and there was even an urge to return to within the silver flames.

This was the consciousness that he had separated. After fights with other spirits, it had become very weak and would probably be destroyed with just a blow from Leylin.

However, as long as it was still not destroyed, the crystallised spiritual force flames in Leylin's possession would never be able to be considered pure.

"My apologies!"

Leylin spoke to the ball of light, and then blew!

Pu!* Like a bubble, it popped, and the ball completely broke open and it was on the verge of disappearing in the air.

With the destruction of the core body of consciousness, the crystallisation of the silver flames in Leylin's hands were transparent, like a totem of flames created using crystal. It produced a very pure feeling.

This was its form after removing its pure consciousness.

[Large amounts of crystallisation of spiritual force. Purity: 100%] The A.I. Chip came up with a conclusion.

"100%?" Leylin shook his head.

He was clear that at this point, he would not be able to identify the impurities in the spiritual force, and it could not be said to be perfect.

The spirit was a wondrous thing. Even the A.I. Chip right now was unable to examine it properly. Though it might not be able to detect a few ingredients, this did not mean that rank 4 or 5 great Magi would not be able to find out.

In the Book of Giant Serpents, there was a warning from the great Magus Serholm. This spiritual force seemed to be very pure, but in actuality, there were still a few spiritual marks left behind and could not be absorbed! Otherwise, the road ahead would be difficult, and might even cause residual effects.

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Self-Destruct Runes

"However I don't want to absorb it, but to use it as a single-use stimulant to level up the meditation technique!"

Leylin chuckled and reached for the crystal in the heart of the flames.

Weng!*

The spiritual force crystal glistened as it turned into a large silvery flame that engulfed Leylin within.

Where the crimson light screen formation was.

The Magi outside would naturally not know what happened in here, but at this moment Leylin destroyed the secret plane's core body of consciousness!

Weng!* *Weng!* *Weng!*

The giant metal gate of the Four Seasons Garden headquarters creaked loudly as various runes on it dimmed! Right after, large cracks began to appear on the surface of the gate.

Ka-Cha!* *Ka-Cha!*

The noise produced from the giant metal gate was akin to that of ice cubes melting, as chunks of the gate began to melt like lava and rolled to the ground.

Under these circumstances, even the two rank 2 Magi inside the tornado stopped fighting and directed their gaze towards this scene.

Finally, with the faces of the dark and light Magi showing their disbelief, the gate collapsed and produced a large amount of grime and dust!

"The secret plane's entrance has self-destructed! Damn it! That Leylin must have destroyed the core!"

Cabourn who was in the tornado charged at the crimson light screen formation.

As for Desmund, his eyes gleamed as he remained rooted to the spot, not planning to stop Cabourn.

At this moment, outside of the crimson light screen formation, Number 2 and Number 3 brandished their metal greatswords, which were even larger than they were. The brands on their body shone resplendently and surrounding them lay the bodies of countless magicians.

All these were magicians who had foolishly rushed forward earlier to stop Leylin from harvesting the spirits from both dark and light faction. However, under the two Branded Swordsmen's teamwork, they were all slain here.

Branded Swordsmen had always been one of the stronger classes in ancient times. This could clearly be seen from the mighty battle prowess stemming from Number 2 and 3.

Regular semi-converted Magi were not their match at all. Even if those Magi were a tad stronger, under the combination of the instantaneous spell casting innate to their bodies and their battle techniques, the Magi were still easily disposed of.

Formidable physical qualities with an expert fighting technique, combined with instantaneous spell casting abilities have granted Number 2 and Number 3 the title of meat grinders on the battlefield. It required at least a peak rank 1 Magus to finish both of them.

However, how rare was a peak rank 1 Magus?

Previously, Leylin had already swept the battlefield clean of the peak rank 1 Magi. Not to mention those dark Magi spies who were now dead, and even Caesar and Giant were severely injured and unconscious. At this moment, Number 2 and Number 3 were unstoppable!

However, no matter how powerful a Branded Swordsman was before they advanced, they weren't a match for rank 2 Magi

With the attack from Cabourn, Number 2 and Number 3 looked at each other with undying loyalty written over their faces.

"For our Master!"

They grunted as the brand and runes on their bodies flashed ten times more powerful than before as they charged to receive Cabourn's attack.

"You're overestimating your abilities!" Cabourn smirked and released two black tornados from his hands.

Sssii!*

The tornados which contained a corrosive effect hit the Branded Swordsmen bodies, but it only left several white marks. Their skin was even intact.

"En? What kind of modification is this?" This time, it was Cabourn who was astonished.

However, he no longer had any time. At this moment, Number 2 and Number 3 bodies began to bloat, like two over-inflated balloons, as they came to Cabourn's side.

Boom!* *Boom!*

Two huge explosions sounded.

As a Branded Swordsman, in front of an unbeatable foe, there was always a final move! This was to fully detonate all of the brands on their body to generate a powerful one-time attack!

In theory, this attack was to use the life force of the Branded Swordsman, the energy particles attracted by the runes and even the spirit that would be detonated all at once! A rank 1 Branded Swordsman's self-detonation, which could even be a threat to a rank 2 Magus!

When Leylin made modifications to the Branded Swordsman, he also increased the explosive effect of the detonation.

As this information of the Branded Swordsman's trump card was not known to many, even Cabourn as a rank 2 Magus had never heard of it before. Hence, he had received two such explosive attacks without any suspicions.

Two giant red mushroom clouds formed in the air, whistling through the skies as they engulfed Cabourn completely.

These flaming mushroom clouds even had scarlet flames at their edges. Anything that the flames touched, be it Magi or concrete, would be instantly dissolved.

"What kind of spell is this? The might is infinitely nearing that of a rank 2 spell!"

The eyes of the surroundings Magi twitched as they scrambled away as if having seen a ghost.

Rumble!* The splendour of the giant red mushroom cloud displayed its terrifying radiation and might. Several minutes later, the two clouds completely dissipated, revealing a black robed figure within.

"Cough Cough…" Cabourn's appearance now was terribly miserable. His robes were all tattered and torn like a beggar's. Especially noteworthy was his left hand which was in an unusual angle with evident traces of burns. It seemed like the effects of the self-detonation of Number 2 and Number 3 were substantial.

"Damn it!" Cabourn was now enraged. After advancing to a rank 2 Magus, when did he ever receive such a large loss like this? All the more so done by two unremarkable looking fellows, how could he be appeased?

Right now, Cabourn was in fits. If not for Number 2 and Number 3's spirit being destroyed in that explosion, he would have definitely held their souls captive and let them feel the greatest pain and despair.

Bang!* *Bang!*Bang!*

At this moment there were some changes coming from the crimson light screen formation again.

The formation continuously shrunk and expanded like that of a heart beating.

On the surface of the light screen, the Hades' Sacrificial Rites had black patterns inscribed on it, just like veins which bulged.

With the continuous beating of this red heart, an energy so immense and overpowering which made Cabourn feel apprehensive began to form and grew increasingly bigger.

This aura even caught the attention of Desmund who was merely spectating, as his expression turned solemn.

"A rank 2 aura… That Leylin is advancing into a rank 2 Magus!"

Cabourn's eyes opened wide, "How is this possible?"

However, he was extremely clear that no matter how Leylin reached this stage with the advancement requirements, he could not let him advance, no matter what it took.

Cabourn retrieved several items from his robes as he chanted an incantation.

Along with the incantation, layers after layers of energy waves emanated from Cabourn's body.

"It's a rank 2 spell!"

Several Magi who were looking on at a distance exclaimed in shock. At Cabourn's level, casting rank 1 spells was almost instantaneous and required no chanting. However, once he was to use ingredients to aid him in spell casting, there was only one possibility! He was going to use a mighty rank 2 spell!

In the south coast, a rank 1 spell model was extremely difficult to acquire. Regular level 3 acolytes had to at least amass contributions points for over 5 years before they could have enough to exchange for a spell model.

If rank 1 spell models were this difficult to acquire, one can only imagine how much rarer a rank 2 spell model was.

Even most rank 2 Magus did not own many rank 2 spell models. Each and every one of the spells were enough to obliterate a small village.

As for now, Cabourn was casting a spell which contained such a might.

As Cabourn chanted, he continuously fused the magic items which he took out and eventually it held the form of a giant lance used by knights. The lance seemed to be metallic with a green sheen on it.

At the same time, malevolent skulls began to emerge from the void and attached themselves to the lance.

"Wailing Lance?" Cabourn even used this rank 2 spell! It seems like he's really agitated now!"

Desmund who was watching from the sidelines sniggered. He dispersed the golden blue lightning ball on his hands, "It seems like I don't need to strike anymore!"

Although Cabourn was his enemy, Leylin, who had destroyed the secret plane's core, was not a good person either. Right now, Leylin was about to be killed by Cabourn, so naturally, Desmund would not stop this.

Furthermore, if Cabourn were to fail, Desmund could then strike after and kill Leylin!

The skulls on the giant green lance wailed loudly, emitting a loud whistling sound as they struck the crimson light screen formation.

Sssii!*!

The crimson light screen shuddered as the red and green merged and spread through the skies. The air in the surroundings contorted wildly as energy waves were violently released.

Rumble!*

The green and red light began to shrink after stretching to their limits and a mighty explosion erupted as the flames lapped everything in the surroundings.

The surround buildings had previously gone through a large scaled battle and were already damaged. This time, the explosion shattered them to pieces and turned them into a rubble.

The rebuilding efforts that Leylin and Caesar had put in were now completely destroyed by this explosion.

Pu!* *Pu!*

This Hades' Sacrificial Rites that was harvesting spirits finally succumbed to the pressure and completely shattered. What was left now was Leylin's final line of defense, the crimson light screen.

The crimson light shuddered and then black cracks began to appear on the surface.

Ka-Cha!* *Ka-Cha!*

The light screen shuddered and finally shattered!

The green lance that contained a monstrous might pierced the centre of the light formation.

Under the dazzling light, a barely visible human figure was seen. This figure was wrapped in a silvery flame which very soon was extinguished.

"Crimson Palm!"

The human figure in the centre spoke softly. Immediately, his hands turned into a fresh blood-red colour.

Two burning holographic claws appeared and grabbed the green lance, which created a whistling noise.

As the red flames touched the green light, the green light was extinguished.

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Toxic

Although Wailing Lance was a rank 2 spell, after going through Hades' Sacrificial Rites and the crimson light screen defensive spell formation, it had been weakened, and eventually perished under Leylin's Crimson Palm.

The might of his Crimson Palm caused Cabourn, who was not far away, to turn pale and exclaim, "You've advanced to become a rank 2 Magus!"

Only a rank 2 Magus would be able to withstand his magic so easily.

"Whew…"

Leylin heaved a huge sigh, feeling the transformation completing in his body. And could not help but mumble, "Such formidable strength really makes one feel intoxicated!"

The A.I. Chip had also shown a few notifications.

[Beep! Detected the burning of large amounts of ownerless spiritual force. Kemoyin's Pupil in the process of advancing…] [Host body's high-grade meditation technique, Kemoyin's Pupil, has risen to the second level! Driving the advancement in Host's rank! Host has advanced to become a rank 2 Warlock!] [Rank 2 innate spells have been generated! Modifying Host body's sea of consciousness.] [Beep! Host has advanced to become a rank 2 Warlock! Stats have been substantially increased. Recalculating data…]

Next, the A.I. Chip refreshed and displayed his new stats.

[Beep! Leylin Farlier. Rank 2 Warlock, Bloodline: Giant Kemoyin Serpent. Strength: 21.1, Agility: 14.4, Vitality: 27.9, Spiritual force: 104.3, Magic power: 104 (Magic power is in synchronisation with spiritual force).]

Leylin took note of the large changes within his sea of consciousness.

His red sea of consciousness had now expanded by a huge amount, but the core essence in the middle had experienced the most changes.

Originally, there had been a prismatic crimson crystallisation of his spiritual force. This was Leylin's foundation as a warlock, and all sorts of complicated runes were carved onto it.

These runes were like little black snakes seemed to be formed from nature, and made up his two rank 1 innate spells!

Currently, within the crystal, another smaller prism-shaped crystal had been produced. It looked exactly like the outer prism except for the size; it looked as if a tinier version of the original crystal had been placed inside of itself.

The only difference was that the runes on the surface of the inner crystal were different from the runes for Leylin's innate spells on the outer crystal. These runes formed even more formidable innate spells.

If one peered at the two crystals from the outside, they would observe that the runes on the outer and inner layer were integrated to create an image of a crimson symbol-looking rune.

This symbol was very mysterious, and seemed to contain some terrifying strength that could communicate with strange entities from the underworld. However, as it was not complete, it could not exhibit its strength.

This was the innate spell that completely suited Leylin, something that was only possible for those who had high-grade meditation techniques. As these spells perfectly complimented him, they would not have any negative effects.

If he were like a regular Magus, the runes and imprint would clash, and the two layers of the core essence would not be able to stabilise.

Even if one found a rank 2 spell that suited them well, it would still have a high consumption rate, and they would not be able to fully exhibit the strength of a rank 2 Magus.

However, Leylin did not have to worry about this!

Glancing at the rank 2 Magus, Cabourn—who was a distance away—Leylin sucked in a deep breath and looked at the rank 2 innate spell that Kemoyin's Pupil had generated.

"Toxic Bile!"

This was the name of the rank 2 spell that Kemoyin's Pupil had formed. After sensing the information emitted from the crystal in his sea of consciousness, Leylin was left a little speechless.

"Looks like it's another ability from the modification of the body! This probably has to do with awakening the poisonous nature of the Giant Kemoyin Serpent."

Every time a high-grade meditation technique advanced by another level, it would generate an innate spell for the Magus. However, the Magus would have no choice in this method, and likewise, Leylin had no choice but to accept it. However, the innate spells produced by these high-grade meditation techniques were extremely powerful and would not leave Leylin disappointed.

At this point, the A.I. Chip had finished organising all the information regarding Toxic Bile, and displayed it in numerical form.

[Toxic Bile, rank 2 spell. The ancient Giant Kemoyin Serpent possessed terrifying toxic abilities, and its mature form could even corrode the void. Through modification of their bodies and bloodline, ancient Warlocks were able to transplant this ability into their own bodies. Prerequisites: Modification of heart to that of Giant Kemoyin Serpent to 100%. Effect: Through neurotoxins let out of any part of the body, carry out an area of effect attack that attacks all living beings! Consumption: 10 spiritual force, 10 magic power.]

As a rank 2 Magus, the consumption of his spiritual force and magical power were simply both to a degree of 10. This was obviously because it was an innate spell. In addition, Leylin had needed to modify his heart, and had cultivated his body to be able to use this power, causing him to be even more expectant for the power of this rank 2 spell.

"I'll use you as a guinea pig!"

Leylin glanced at Cabourn, who was not far away, and the spiritual force in his sea of consciousness rushed out, the twice-layered core essence flickering with dim light.

Leylin could feel from deep within that in his body, the purple-red blood of the Giant Kemoyin Serpent was congealing inside his gallbladder. Following the consumption of energy and spiritual force, a mysterious liquid was produced.

This liquid could disseminate to all parts of Leylin's body and be secreted from any pore on his skin.

With a single thought, the poison from the Giant Kemoyin Serpent spread through the air.

Mysteriously enough, when his rank 2 innate spell, Toxic Bile, was used, there was no energy fluctuation, nor was there any special scent or colour. It concealed itself very well.

From the time Leylin broke through to rank 2, to when he used Crimson Palm and let out Toxic Bile, only a few seconds had passed, and even the Magi outside had not been able to react.

Opposite to him, Cabourn looked at Leylin, who had just emerged, the expression on his face complicated. First was regret, then pity, and then fear and the will to kill him!

"Leylin Farlier! To be able to advance to rank 2 before reaching the age of 30 means that you're a genius found only once every thousand years in the south coast! But today, you destroyed the gate to the secret plane and have committed an unforgivable sin! We dark Magi shall judge and punish you!"

Cabourn spoke righteously, finding an excuse for him to kill Leylin.

The more potential Leylin had, the more danger he posed to Cabourn. Currently, Leylin had just advanced to rank 2, so other than his own innate skill, he would surely not have a rank 2 spell. This was the best opportunity to eliminate him!

Desmund, who had originally come to watch the show, now slowly walked behind Leylin upon finding out he had advanced to rank 2. Together with Cabourn, he surrounded Leylin.

After seeing the strange methods Leylin had used to advance, Desmund had become fearful of this newly advanced rank 2 Magus. He did not mind joining hands with Cabourn if it meant that he could take care of Leylin..

For a moment, the Magi of both factions were extremely coordinated. The two rank 2 Magi surrounded Leylin, while the other dark and light Magi encircled him as well.

"It seems like they aren't afraid of death!"

Glancing at the official Magi who had encircled him, Leylin was expressionless, though he was sighing inside.

The degree of power of a rank 2 spell was at least 80! An attack of such a level was basically fatal to any rank 1 Magus!

The attack of Toxic Bile was invisible and did not differentiate between enemies and allies. The nearer people were to Leylin, the faster they would die.

Thump!* The light Magus who was closest to him collapsed, a strange purplish-black colour appearing on his face.

Thump!* *Thump!* Like a chain reaction, whether it was light or dark Magi, all who were around Leylin turned stiff, and collapsed to the ground.

"What's happening?" "He…he's poisoned! Be careful, it's a toxic attack!" "Use a spell that stops you from breathing or a barrier!"

Tss tss!* Large amounts of white gas emitted were emitted, and the bodies of the Magi who had collapsed began to corrode. One could even see the white bones within!

The white bones eventually darkened, and then melted into a black liquid.

The Magi who saw this scene instantly paled, shrieks and yells sounding everywhere.

"Ah…" Yet another miserable shout was heard. A Magus with a thick barrier fell to the ground, his body beginning to rot.

The official Magi near Leylin instantly collapsed and turned into black liquid. There was no time for anyone to rescue or move them!

Such a terrifying effect intimidated the two rank 2 Magi.

"Even a protective layer is useless!"

Blinking rapidly, Cabourn and Desmund flew backwards. Desmund produced large amounts of lightning, cleansing his body over and over again, while Cabourn grew huge green warts that continuously absorbed something.

Hu Hu!*

With the passing of time, the poisonous attack increased its range. It started where Leylin was, and then spread to the entirety of the Four Seasons Garden. In the end, even the magical beings in the external world began to collapse in large groups and turn into black liquid, the tart smell of decay spreading everywhere.

Besides the Magi who had quickly retreated from the very beginning, there were no living beings apart from Leylin and the two rank 2 Magi!

This situation surprised even Leylin, who had caused this.

"This… Is akin to the biochemical attacks in my previous world!" For there not to be a single living being within the area of his attack shocked Leylin to no end.

In addition, he knew the method through which his poison was spread. The toxin from the Giant Kemoyin Serpent could penetrate through any protective layer made from energy, and enter a Magus' circulatory system through his skin. For spells that helped one hold their breath, that was even more useless.

This sort of poison not only corroded one's physical body but also did not let off one's spirit!

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Scorching Touch

The largest issue Leylin had with this was that the poison worked too quickly, and even he himself did not have any methods to save the poisoned ones.

The poison from the Giant Kemoyin Serpent was not simply a neurotoxin. Some ancient sinister thoughts and intentions had been mixed within, which made it difficult to dispel.

The reason that Leylin was not afraid was because after modifying his heart, he was now considered to be partially a Giant Kemoyin Serpent. Naturally, he would not be affected by his own poison, but it would be too difficult for him to save someone else.

Based on his estimations, even a rank 3 Magus would find it nearly impossible to deal with this poison. Perhaps only a rank 4 Morning Star Magus would have a solution to this.

"Looks like I can't use this ability as I like! It can only act as a trump card."

Leylin forced a smile.

The area of attack was much too vast, and it did not differentiate friend from foe. If he used this, it would definitely result in the loss of many innocent lives and give rise to public anger.

Though Leylin would not feel any guilt or shame, he did not want to become hated by many due to a simple accident.

For instance, after seeing all their subordinates dead, the two rank 2 Magi, Cabourn and Desmund, were on the exploding with rage!

"You… You actually…"

Desmund howled, the lightning imprint on his forehead shining crazily, "You actually destroyed my Lightning Corps! I will kill you"

He had brought all the elites of his Lightning Corps here. On top of that, he had left two large armies here. In other words, Leylin's Toxic Bile had utterly decimated his surbodinates, which caused Desmund's eyes to turn red. A violent aura undulated around his body.

Compared to Desmund, Cabourn was dealing with this situation much better. After all, he was a dark Magus, and was used to massacres. No matter how many of his underlings were killed, it wouldn't affect him.

His mind was focused only on the strange spell that Leylin had displayed that intimidated him.

"What a terrifying ability! Is this his innate spell? A toxic area of effect attack that even a rank 1 Magi cannot withstand?"

As a veteran dark Magus, Cabourn immediately began to estimate Leylin's battle power. He could envision how terrifying such an ability would be in a war!

This was a battle power that had a destructive power that could rival a natural disaster.

"Crap!" Cabourn and Desmund paled at the same time, and their bodies, which were in midair, began to tremble.

A purplish-black gas rose in front of their faces. This was the poison of the Giant Kemoyin Serpent! Even a rank 2 Magus could not completely dispel it!

"Seal of Ten Thousand Poisons!" The lumps on Cabourn's shoulders exploded, and a red ring of flesh twisted into a circle rune, sealing the purplish-black gas within.

Only after the poison was sealed did he have the time to look at the state of his old rival.

Desmund was in worse shape than he was. Great amounts of lightning were in front of Desmund's face, and the lightning rune between his brows was moving around, forcing the black poison to coalesce into his right arm. With a resolute look, his left arm struck down as quick as lightning, and he chopped off his entire right arm!

Though Magi could use all sorts of methods to regenerate their limbs, their battle power would be largely diminished if they had just lost an arm.

"Old fart, how are you?" Cabourn and Desmund were old rivals, and in front of Leylin, whose strength was scarily powerful, these two had joined hands to oppose this enemy.

"It's…it's nothing!" Desmund huffed. A ring of lightning flashed by his wounds and immediately stopped the bleeding. "It's just that I can only use 70% of my peak strength. How about you?"

"A little better than that. I can exhibit 80% of my strength. Any more than that and my seal will lose effectiveness…" Cabourn forced a bitter smile, "Leylin actually dared to kill my kin! I will definitely kill him!"

Under Leylin's all-encompassing toxic attack, Giant, and Caesar, peak rank 1 Magi who were seriously hurt and in a coma, were obviously not spared.

In addition, since the little boy who Leylin had previously killed did not come back to life. Caesar's three spirits were all dead. In other words, he had really died!

Cabourn was Caesar's father, and was not on good terms with Leylin. In this situation, he had another grudge, which was for the death of his son!

"It looks like we need to work together!" Desmund looked grim.

"En! I have no idea how that freak trains." Cabourn and Desmund inched a little closer to each other.

"Sigh…"

Leylin sighed at this moment and approached Cabourn and Desmund.

"Kill!" Leylin initiated the first attack, and huge black fireballs filled the sky like large stars.

At this point, Leylin's conflict with these two rank 2 Magi could no longer be resolved peacefully. This fight would only end when one side was completely eliminated.

After being promoted to a rank 2 Magus, the might of the rank 1 spells that Leylin used had also obtained a huge boost.

The Latent Fireball now held a power that was more than several levels stronger than when Leylin had used it while being a rank 1 warlock.

Huge waves of black fire streaked through the sky, almost evaporating the molecules in the air into nothingness.

"He's only just advanced and has yet to record the spell model of his rank 2 spell. Beware of his poison innate spell!"

Cabourn and Desmund exchanged glances. One person produced tremendous amounts of lightning, while the other sent out greyish-black tornados that charged towards Leylin.

Lightning, tornados, and black flames mercilessly collided against each other.

Silver spiritual power split the air, giving rise to a huge spiritual force maelstrom!

Under the manipulation of solidified spiritual power, the rank 2 Magi exhibited magic that far exceeded the might in rank 1 Magi, reducing the Four Seasons Garden's headquarters into rubble.

Three large silver hands that were over ten metres long wrestled like giants from ancient times.

"Toxic Bile!"

This fight continued for over ten turns, and with a glint in Leylin's eye, a formless ripple of poison dashed towards the two opposite rank 2 Magi.

This time, even the air slightly rippled.

"Be careful of his poison attack!" Cabourn and Desmund retreated as if they had seen a poisonous snake.

Weng Weng!*

Formless ripples smashed into the two Magi's innate defensive spell formations, producing sounds of corrosion.

A strange glint flashed through Leylin's eyes, and the formless ripples turned into transparent hands that grasped towards Cabourn.

Pak!* The innate defensive spell formation in front of Cabourn could not withstand the attack from this transparent hand, and a large hole was made.

"Ah! Omni-Decay!"

Cabourn looked torn as he yelled the incantation.

Black tornados whirled in all directions, looking like a black flower bud that was blooming.

Rumble!" The large transparent hand and black flower collided. Both attacks dissipated, and the stray energy spread outwards.

A transparent tear in the sky exploded, and black spatial cracks formed.

Leylin and Cabourn attacked in two different directions.

At this moment, a sinister smile flashed in Leylin's lips. With a wave of his hand, a large amount of red powder spread into the air like a red cloud of fire, "Scorching Touch!"

Two lines of fiery energy shot out, and in an instant, they streaked through the air and appeared before Cabourn.

The energy fluctuations from the attack caused Cabourn's face to change, "Rank 2 magic! How can this be? Hasn't he only just advanced?"

Pu!* *Pu!*

The two fiery streaks drilled through Cabourn's lower abdomen and right shoulder, creating two large wounds that had been charred black.

The reason why Leylin had been in a tussle with these two rank 2 Magi was to stall for time, so that he could analyse the rank 2 spells in the Book of Giant Serpent!

After obtaining the Book of Giant Serpent, Leylin had received three rank 2 spell models. However, while he was still a rank 1 warlock, the A.I. Chip had been unable to make anything of them.

Only now, after his advancement, could the A.I. Chip finally analyse these spell models.

Leylin chose a fire elemental offensive spell and ordered the A.I. Chip to analyse it. With the powerful calculative abilities of the A.I. Chip, the spell model was finally analyzed, and the information was sent to Leylin's mind.

"Thunder Tempest!" Upon seeing his ally injured, Desmund immediately charged out to help.

A powerful storm of lightning surged up like a wave and swept towards Leylin.

"Kemoyin's Scales!" Leylin steeled his expression, and fine black scales appeared all over his body.

After advancing to a rank 2 warlock, the scales on Leylin's body emitted an even deeper black luster, and there were even incomplete patterns on the surface of the scales, which vaguely formed dark elemental rune barrier.

The barrier instantly shaped into a huge, solid black runic shield that situated itself in front of the tempest.

Leylin did not care for Desmund's attack from behind, and his eyes turned into amber vertical pupils that stared straight at Cabourn, who was quickly retreating while spitting out blood.

"Eyes of Petrification!" From Leylin's amber vertical pupils, two lines of petrification rays caught up to Cabourn, who was in the middle of retreating.

"Ah…" Cabourn let out blood-curdling screams and covered his eyes, from which a layer of ashen-white stone skin began to extend.

The power of a rank 2 warlock was even more powerful then a rank 1 Magus, and the two rank 1 innate spells Leylin originally had had received a huge boost. Even a rank 2 Magus was affected.

Leylin's speed increased rapidly, and in an instant, he caught up to Cabourn, who was still fleeing.

There was no trace of emotion in his eyes. The fiery red Scorching Touch was casted again.

Three fiery streaks combined and became as thick as a person's arm, and penetrated through Cabourn's brain.

Bang!*

Cabourn's head exploded open like a watermelon, and red and white cerebrospinal fluids and blood dripped all over the ground.

Boom!*

The large black shield shattered, and lightning leaked through the cracks and headed towards Leylin.

Tss tss!*

Blue lightning exploded behind Leylin, and he turned pale.

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