Chapter 1390: Reunion
The thorns on the vines stabbed into Cage's body, and swallowed his blood crazily, turning the green vines red very quickly.
Cage sneered, and casually released an Ice Blade, slashing the bloody vines.
"Stupid man, nothing more than hellish vines? You think you can kill a real Heaven Rank expert with such a stupid trap? I'm not as dumb as Edward."
The Ice Blade cut the bloody vines, and left a long and narrow wound on their surface. Blood gushed out like from a spring. At the same time, Cage screamed miserably. One of the vines crawled into Cage's wide open mouth. In only one second, Cage started rolling his eyes, and seemed much slimmer than before.
Seeing the unexpected change, Kevin and the other Heaven Rank expert were shocked and infuriated. Their extraordinary power and magic aura burst out. A lot of bottles exploded into pieces, and splashed towards Lin Yun.
A shield arose around Lin Yun, covering a radius of several meters. There was not the slightest wind in the area…
Lin Yun heaved a sigh and abandoned his experiment.
"I've failed again. The Bloody Lich truly lives up to being one of the most ancient liches. This seemingly ordinary journal actually contains 13 ancient languages. It's truly difficult to track down the guys who had deciphered the journal and performed the ritual…"
After he abandoned the experiment, all the materials were set ablaze in gray flames and disappeared.
Lin Yun was quite surprised, as if he hadn't noticed Kevin until this moment.
"Who are you? Are you trying to get killed?"
Kevin put on an awful expression. The staff in his hand emitted blue light.
"Wicked guy, let go of Cage, or be prepared for the Seiro Family's bloody revenge…"
Lin Yun shook his head.
"The Seiro Family? A third-tier family, for sure. Never mind. My alchemy experiment has failed again. I'm in no mood to chat with you again…"
Lin Yun snapped his fingers, and Cage's body collapsed into a pile of ashes. A few law runes appeared around Kevin and another Heaven Rank mage, and then confined them as four-colored cages.
Inside colorful cages, the power of elements turned into a destructive storm that burnt the two men into ashes.
After killing the three men, Lin Yun shook his head. He had been recovering very fast, and should be able to regain his extraordinary power in a couple of days. However, even though he was unable to make use of extraordinary power, it was still very easy for him to kill two level-1 Heaven Rank experts.
That was a pure advantage of the understanding of laws. The two frost mages had just grasped the law of frost. They were no different from defenseless young beasts to Lin Yun. They were even easier to kill than an Archmage would've been.
Lin Yun had spent most of his days studying the journal besides waiting for his recovery. The journal from the Bloody Lich contained a shocking amount of knowledge. That guy knew almost all languages, including the Nesser language, the elves' tongue of Noscent, the Enno language from the Plane of the Undead, and even devils' and demons' language.
That lich knew everything. He had even hidden a lot of information after the journal was translated into the Common Tongue of Noscent. Nobody could notice anything special unless they knew the original language.
Previously, Lin Yun had planned to decipher the journal, and then track down the guys who were performing or had completed the ritual, but it was more difficult than expected. He had to take his time or seek Gandaph's help.
Lin Yun continued studying the journal. Inside the Natural Demiplane, Marianna was looking for trouble again. For her, staying inside the Natural Demiplane was no different from being grounded. She tried her best to flee.
Ever since she failed to study the truth runes on the pillar, she had been climbing the pillar. Her strong body that she inherited from Xiuban proved useful. Supposedly, nobody should've been able to endure the pressure of the pillar or fly there except Lin Yun.
There was a space gate on the top of the pillar. The space gate was made of the King's Pillars. Marianna detected the aura of two King's Pillars. She wanted to obtain them, or escape the Demiplane through the space gate.
It was impossible to break the space here—even with the gods' power of chaos. Having been consolidated by Lin Yun multiple times, the Demiplane was even more stable than Noscent. It was impossible to detect anything outside of the plane from here.
She couldn't get the King's Pillars or the truth runes. She wanted to find several Blood Elves as helpers, only to find that they had already been brainwashed by Lord Shawn…
Marianna desperately clung to the pillar in the middle of it, and looked at the top not far away.
"Humph, just wait for it. When I get out and regain my strength, I will surely kill you first. No, I'll kill that stupid beastman first. To think I've been reborn as a beastman…"
Marianna gnashed her teeth, with desperation all over her chubby face. The glorious Abyssal Overlord who mastered more than one level of the abyss, and who shook the ferocious demons with her name, had been reduced to such poor condition…
Wiping her face, Marianna continued climbing.
"Damn you, Mafa Merlin, you've locked me in this place. There's not even a living creature here. No bulls, no pigs, just a bunch of goddamn Blood Elf slaves and some skinny human beings. This must be hell…
"This place is hell. I have to run out. I have to…"
Marianna gritted her teeth, and climbed to the peak of the pillar. Against the horrifying pressure, she approached the space gate, and looked at the two King's Pillars. Then, she made up her mind, and entered the space gate.
Marianna spouted some of the remaining gods' power out of her body. Immediately, a hole that was only half a meter tall was created inside the space gate. Although it was fixed very quickly, Marianna had seized the opportunity and disappeared.
A second later, Lin Yun, who was running an experiment, had a feeling and looked aside. Vague ripples appeared in space, and a dirty Marianna fell from midair.
"Hahaha. I've finally escaped from that goddamn hell of desolation…"
With her arms akimbo, Marianna was laughing with great joy when she noticed that something behind her blocked the light. She turned around, only to find that Lin Yun was staring at her with a smile.
"Marianna, you're being a bad girl again, aren't you?"
Marianna's face was full of desperation. Remembering her suffering when she climbed to the peak of the pillar, she felt sorry for herself.
She even fell three times during climbing. If she hadn't been so sturdy, she probably would've been moaning at the bottom of the hill.
She had gone through so much trouble to escape, and even wasted some of her remaining gods' power. Yet, she had reappeared right in front of the goddamn Mafa Merlin.
Marianna seemed completely desperate and hopeless.
All of a sudden, Lin Yun noticed something, and looked out through the wall of the mage tower. Marianna seized the opportunity to jump out of the window of the alchemy lab.
Running out of the mage tower, Marianna grinned and rushed crazily. She was quite short, but she was running even faster than many flying mages.
Lin Yun looked at Marianna's back with sympathy.
"What a simple girl…"
In the sky in the distance, a tiny black spot was flying towards the floating island at a high speed. The no-fly array didn't seem to work at all. A few seconds later, Xiuban, whose clothes were so ragged as if they had been soaked in powerful acid, saw Marianna running on the floating island while he was flying.
"Hahaha. Marianna, are you here to meet me? The great Xiuban has killed countless formidable enemies and marched his way back…"
Marianna was grinning, excited that she was about to run out of the floating island, when she found herself in a shadow. Then, an irresistible force caught her body. When she raised her head, she saw Xiuban's hideous face that was reeking with a smell that covered Marianna's face like poisonous gas.
Marianna's new hope was replaced by greater desperation. Her eyes rolled, and she simply passed out.
Xiuban held Marianna in one of her arms, and carried Carnage on his other shoulder, laughing in delight. After he walked a few steps, he found that Marianna was not responding, which terrified him.
"Sir Merlin, Sir Merlin, Marianna passed out. What happened?"
Xiuban rushed into the mage tower with Marianna in panic, and Lin Yun covered his nose.
"Just put her down. She's fine. She's just so excited to meet you again that she fainted…"
Xiuban put Marianna down on a chair. Lin Yun instantly invoked a magic fire that wreathed Xiuban, who grimaced and screamed. Then, a few seconds later, he discovered that such normal flames didn't work on him anymore.
The fire burnt up everything on his skin. A stench burst out inside the mage tower, only to be contained by the power of wind around Xiuban. After all the filth was burnt up, a whirl blew the smell out of the mage tower.
"Xiuban, where the hell have you been? Did you fall into the nest of a Mud Beast?"
Xiuban touched his bald head and nonexistent brows, and cursed.
"At first, I ran into a stupid monster that's a face on trunks. He kept staring at me. After I killed him several hundred times, he told me Sir Merlin summoned me, so I went in the way he pointed out.
"However, that obnoxious guy set up a trap for me. I was chased all the way by a two-headed bird that spouted green saliva, which melted my clothes, eyebrows, and hair. Goddamn it. I wouldn't have been able to make it back alive if I hadn't been so strong…"
Lin Yun wore a weird expression. He could easily infer that Xiuban had surely considered the Ladder Ancient Trees hostile monsters when they found him, and run off after they said the first sentence…
That dumb*ss had surely traveled in a straight line without dodging anything. He couldn't have possibly returned alive if his body hadn't been as sturdy…
Half an hour after Xiuban returned, Reina returned according to the directions. Originally, Xiuban had landed further away than Reina, yet he had returned even faster than her…
Xiuban and Reina had returned. The Natural Demiplane was restored. Lin Yun's lost soul power had been recovered too. In no more than a week, he would regain all of his strength, ready to go to the frontline.
He was all set to go to the frontline, but his priority was to decipher the journal.
While Lin Yun deciphered the journal, someone became anxious thousands of kilometers away.
In the Seiro Family's base, the family leader, who reeked with the aura of death, anxiously stared at the mage who was reporting.
"Has Kevin already perished? Damn it. Who reported that there was only an Archmage? That Archmage has killed three Heaven Rank experts of the Seiro Family. Most importantly, Kevin died too. It's fine that Edward died. But how could Kevin have died?"
"Sir, this may be a trap. The Archmage that was reported is certainly a Heaven Rank expert. He stole Edward's journal, and is probably studying it. It's said that someone saw strong experts flying to the floating island the other day. They must've been summoned by the Archmage…"
The leader of the Seiro Family gravely shook his head and left. Half an hour later, he came to a three-floor alchemy store.
"Sir Morgan, please help me. You must help me…"
The leader of the Seiro Family miserably appeared in the store, and cried and begged the young mage in the store to help him.
Shocked, Morgan frowned and looked at him.
Why has he come to my place for help? Goddamn it. Has our family's goods been stolen? I knew it was stupid to accept the loyalty of such small families. They've caused us trouble so quickly…
"Leader of the Seiro Family, what happened? Have any creatures from the Plane of the Undead come?"
The leader of the Seiro Family's heart palpitated, and he swallowed what he was going to say.
It was said that Morgan was already picked as the next family leader. He wouldn't be tricked so easily. It was very unlikely to ask him to help the Seiro Family to kill that obnoxious mage.
To ask Sir Morgan to take action in person, the returns had to be tempting enough. This thing couldn't be kept a secret anymore. He would surely be tempted by a perfect lich transformation ritual. As long as that obnoxious mage and his companions were killed, that ritual would come back…
"Sir Morgan, here's the thing. Do you remember the ruins I explored earlier? I found a special journal that records a special lich transformation ritual from the Plane of the Undead. It's a perfect lich transformation ritual. It doesn't have any flaws, and doesn't even require a phylactery.
"The journal has been translated into the language of Noscent, but many parts of it were confusing. So, I gave it to one of the alchemists of my family for studies. However, someone robbed him of the journal.
"That lone mage stole one of the Seiro Family's cities and this important journal. He even killed multiple experts of the Seiro Family. My most beloved sister has been killed by him…"
The leader of the Seiro family sobbed as he talked…
Surprise flashed in Morgan's eyes. He was greatly interested.
A perfect lich transformation ritual? Is there such a thing? I think I've heard something about it in legends. The most ancient liches cannot be killed. It's said that they suffered a terrible curse at the beginning. Their life is permanently fixed at a point. They won't die, and will never be killed.
They don't have any weaknesses. Their life is infinite. Time is meaningless for them. At the beginning, the curse was an infinite torture, but here, it is a huge advantage that allows one to be kept in the perfect status. One would be able to pursue the truth of magic with an immortal life.
If I have the journal, I can hand it over to my family so that the dying experts of my family will transform into the invulnerable liches. My family will continue growing strong, and none of the experts will ever die…
Thinking about that, Morgan put on a smile.
"Leader of the Seiro Family, no need to be hasty. We can leave right now. If we leave sooner and kill the evil mage sooner, we will be able to retrieve the important journal sooner.
"Since you've pledged loyalty to our family, we certainly won't leave you alone in a matter like this. That evil mage must pay a heavy price!"
The leader of the Seiros was completely relieved. He put on a brutal smile.
Sir Morgan was a level-3 Heaven Rank genius mage. He was terrifyingly strong. Even if the lone mage were also level-3 Heaven Rank, he would still be killed by Sir Morgan easily, not to mention that he was probably only slightly stronger than Kevin…
To be continued