Alchemical stones were another type of material that a formation master would create by studying a formation diagram.
When these alchemical stones were combined, they could form a magical formation.
The refinement and construction of alchemical stones were very difficult. For a low-level magical formation, every piece of alchemical stone had to be engraved with tens or hundreds of incantations.
There could not be even the slightest mistake in the construction of the incantations. Any mistake would undermine the overall effect of the formation.
For a high-level magical formation, there were tens of thousands of incantations on every piece of alchemy stone. If a formation master used telekinesis to construct an alchemy stone, the alchemy stone needed to refine an entire magical formation would very likely lose half of its life.
If one wanted to construct an alchemy stone with telekinesis, the minimum requirement I needed to be was a tier 3 formation master. This was because when one cultivated to tier 3, one could condense telekinesis. Only then would one truly understand the concept of a magical formation in order to cultivate one.
Mental strength could take things out of thin air. Just like telekinesis, it was an invisible force.
At this moment, Laylen had already carved the incantation onto the alchemy stone. On the basis of the magical formation barrier, he had constructed an attack formation. When the time came, and those people were to come to the mayor's mansion to attack the barrier again, he could activate this attack formation to attack them.
After Laylen laid down the twenty alchemical stones, he returned to the two old men's side.
Evelyn immediately asked, "Young Mayor, your magic array is..."
Laylen smiled and said, "I wonder if you've heard of the Berserk Thunder Cage Spell?"
"Berserk Thunder Cage?"
Evelyn's pupils constricted, and she felt shocked.
Of course, she had heard of this spell before. It was a high-level spell that could only be cultivated when one's cultivation had reached the extraordinary tier. As for the [ Berserk Thunder Cage ] magical formation itself, it was a tier-5 spell, and there was none in the entire Borodin Kingdom.
She had never expected that the young mayor to actually have this magical formation diagram and alchemy stone in his hands.
And with the young mayor's tier, there was no way he could refine the alchemy stone of the Berserk Thunder Cage.
Who on Earth gave this to the young mayor?
Laylen smiled and said, "A tier 5 attack magical formation, killing a few of his level three and level four people should be easy."
"Of course," the two elders looked at each other and smiled.
It was not that Evelyn did not want to set up an offensive magic array, but unfortunately, offensive magic arrays were usually only owned by large factions. She was just a small unspecialized, how could she get her hands on an offensive magic array.
She had painstakingly researched this set of barrier array in the mayor's mansion for several decades. From a tier 1 magical formation, she filled the alchemy stone with incantations bit by bit until she was able to upgrade it to tier 4.
Although Liszt did not understand magical formations, he was also very shocked in his heart. What had the young mayor experienced these past few years? Not only did he take out a tier 4 potion, but he had also set up an attack magical formation.
Laylen stroked his chin, he asked, "Now that the [ Berserk Thunder Cage ] has been set up, we just have to wait for them to come. Oh, tell me, who are these important people? For example, the sons and daughters of the family heads."
"You mean...?" The two elders instantly understood what Laylen was thinking.
"Yes."
Laylen nodded, the corners of his mouth curling into a mysterious smile.
"Young mayor, you can't do that. There are many spies hiding outside the mayor's residence. Once you enter the mayor's residence, you've already become a thorn in their side. If any one of us leaves here, they'll kill us," Liszt said.
It was not at all a joke.
Ever since Grand Knight Creed decided to overthrow the mayor, there had been people from several major clans stationed outside the mayor's residence. All the guards that they sent out to buy supplies didn't come back alive.
"You two are tier 3 wizards after all, right? Why are you so afraid?" A hint of displeasure appeared on Laylen's face.
"Young mayor, we're just worried about your safety." Evelyn's old face turned red.
"That's right, young mayor. Since you're back and the mayor has already drunk the extinguishing fluid, it won't be too late for us to settle the score with them after the mayor recovers his strength," Liszt added.
Laylen only said, "Look at me."
"Hmm?"
Evelyn and Liszt looked at Laylen in confusion, not knowing what he was planning.
But soon, the two of them widened their eyes.
Laylen's face was changing at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into the face of a middle-aged man with a thick beard.
However, before the two of them could react, the face of the middle-aged man had turned into the face of a dark-skinned young man.
It was a completely different appearance.
Under the shocked gazes of the two people, Laylen said calmly, "I've cultivated disguise magic. With my current tier, no one can tell that I'm disguised except for those above the transcendent level."
"Tommy, go and gather information on the Duke family, the Andre family, and those adventurers and mercenaries," Liszt instructed the imperial guards at the side.
The burly man went off to heed his orders. After a while, all the information was handed to Laylen.
Laylen flipped through the information in his hand and said with a smile, "Hmm, all these old men have sons. If their children were to all suddenly die, would they become so anxious that they will directly attack the magical formation?"
"When the time comes, we'll destroy them all at one go. As for Creed, we'll leave him as he is for now. Moreover, this guy is very vigilant and won't rashly attack the magical formation. There's no rush, we still have lots of time. Let's slowly torture him."
After saying that, Laylen took out a wooden box from his interspatial ring and gave it to Evelyn. "Grandma Evelyn, this is the blueprint of the [ Berserk Thunder Cage ] ."
"Berserk Thunder Cage?!" Evelyn was shocked. She hurriedly opened the cover of the box. Only the corner of the blueprint was exposed, and it was engraved with extremely mysterious and obscure incantations, which interested her greatly.
"Grandpa Liszt, these are the recipes for tier 4 potions. Most of the tier 4 recipes are available. Take them back and study them carefully."
Laylen took out a thick and unadorned book and gave it to Liszt.
Liszt received the ancient book with both hands excitedly.
"Thank you, young mayor."
The two old men were extremely excited. Their expressions were filled with happiness.
One of them studied magical formations, while the other studied medicine refinement. Even so, this formation diagram and recipes were both rare items. Even money would not be able to buy them.
They had just obtained something that they had never dreamed of obtaining, this made the two of them grin happily like children who had just received candy.
Laylen pursed his lips. These things were ordinary to him. Was there a need to be so happy?
"Tommy, right?" Laylen turned to look at one of the guards.
"Young mayor, I am Tommy," Tommy quickly replied.
"Peak tier 2..." Laylen saw through his realm and asked, "How long have you been at peak tier 2?"
Tommy said regretfully, "Young mayor, my talent is dull. I've been stuck at the peak of tier 2 for almost five years. I feel that there is no chance of me breaking through to tier 3 at all in this lifetime."
Tommy's face was filled with sadness.