After accompanying Mystogan to an unfamiliar forest, Calvin learned from Mystogan what he had asked for.
"So you want me to help you draw a magic array that is a hundred meters wide in the air? Are you sure you are not messing with me?" When Calvin asked this, his eyes were bulging. At the same time, he understood why Mystogan did not hesitate to reveal his secret and asked for his help.
The reason was that the magic particles in this forest were far from enough to form a magic array. Mystogan, who did not have any magic power, had no way to find Calvin.
"I have calculated that the magic power here is enough for me to draw half of the magic array, so you only need to finish the rest. I also wanted to gather magic power from the outside of the forest, but it would be too big. The people of another world would find out." Mystogan was not completely unable to complete what he wanted to do. It was just that the risk was too great. Compared to revealing the truth to Calvin, that method was even more worth it.
"Sigh! Forget it, this is my first time trying a magic array of this scale. If I mess it up, I don't care." At this time, although Calvin was also a sorcerer of S-Level, in terms of strength, he was much weaker than three years later. Especially the part about magic power, he was not sure about this difficult task.
However, since he already knew the purpose of the other world, he was not a person who would stand by and watch. If the other party's magic succeeded, the entire town would disappear.
Suddenly, Calvin and Mystogan felt a special magic at the same time. Mystogan's exposed eyes immediately became sharp. The soul 'was coming.
"Get ready to attack. Calvin, watch my movements carefully!" Although Mystogan was still calm, his tone was undoubtedly much more serious than before, and it even carried the meaning of an order.
"What an unpleasant tone!" Calvin cursed in his heart. Although he was a little dissatisfied with Mystogan's attitude, he could tell the urgency of the situation. He quickly concentrated and observed Mystogan seriously.
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When Erza woke up, she found himself in a completely unfamiliar environment. She was only wearing thin clothes. His hands, feet, and waist were locked by torture instruments. He could not feel any magic. The torture instruments were made of magic sealing ore.
Her thoughts slowly became clear. Only then did she remember that she had been knocked unconscious by that Phil. Her neck and abdomen were still faintly feeling pain.
"What exactly is this guy's goal? Could it be that his goal was me from the beginning?" Erza did not immediately go crazy. There was no one around, only some magic tools that she could not understand, allowing her to maintain a cold and calm thinking.
At this moment, the only door here was opened, and the person who opened the door was the person who issued the mission, one of the former Ten Wizard Saints, Phil Marx.
"Not bad, to be able to wake up so quickly, you are more outstanding than I thought." Phil's face was full of smiles at the moment, but in Erza's eyes, it was so hateful. She wanted to punch the other person in the face.
"It seems that you have a lot of doubts. Don't worry, I will answer them for you one by one." Seeing the indignant expression on Erza's face, Phil's malicious smile became even more brilliant. He first took out a small knife, ignoring Erza's struggle, cut her skin, took a bit of blood, and poured it into a glass jar full of green liquid that was enough to fit an adult man. Then he went to the pile of magic tools that Erza could not understand and took out something like a sucker. On the other side of the thing, there was a string as thick as a finger that connected to the glass jar just now.
"What are you trying to do?" Looking at Phil's actions, although Erza could not understand, her intuition told her that the other party had malicious intentions.
"Hahaha! Three days later, you will understand. Now, let's borrow your magic power first!" Phil laughed and stuck the sucker-like item in his hand onto Erza.
At that moment, Erza immediately felt her physical strength rapidly depleting.
However, she understood very well that this was not as simple as just losing her physical strength. If she had not been locked up by the handcuffs from the Magic Sealing Stones, she would have felt that her magic power had also been sucked away.
Three days later, Erza had already understood what Phil's goal was.
One day ago, when Erza saw her blood turn into a lump of meat in the glass jar, she had already vaguely guessed Phil's goal. Today, the meat had grown into a baby, making Erza even more terrified.
The other party was using her blood to create another Erza!
"What, my research is very powerful, right?" Phil, who was standing in front of Erza, looked at the baby in the container with a fanatical expression. That kind of excitement could not be hidden at all.
"What the hell are you trying to do?! This is obscene life!" At this point, Erza still couldn't understand why the highly respected person that Master spoke of was such an unbearable bastard.
"Hehe, don't worry. I've already tested it many times. The things that are born from this method can't be called humans because they don't have souls!" Phil laughed sinisterly a few times. Then, he explained to Erza in the same gloomy tone. He didn't care whether Erza wanted to hear it or not. He continued to tell Erza about the results of his research.
"This baby is the child that you and I share. Do you know that the cells of plants can split into independent life forms? I fused this function into a person, so you only need a little bit of your blood to create another 'body' like yours!"
"It's a pity that you are a woman. I have to add something else to make her gender change. But fortunately, the impact is not big, no, it is more in line with my interests."
"Copying a body like yours is my purpose." After Phil finished speaking, Erza was even more incredible. She did not understand why the other party wanted her body.
"You must be very puzzled. Why do I have to do this kind of thing that makes people angry." Seeing Erza's expression, Phil naturally understood what she was thinking. However, without needing Erza to ask, he had already revealed everything.
"Do you know who I am?! I am the former Ten Wizard Saints! The Phil Marx who was known as the Great Flame Lion! I am the strongest ten sorcerers of Ishgrar!" This was the first time that Phil had revealed his identity, and it immediately frightened Erza. Although she knew that the other party's background was not small, she had never thought that he would be so illustrious.
"Haha ---But so what? No matter how strong I am, I still can't fight against the past. I am old, and I can't bear that title anymore. I know that even if I forcefully seize this title, it would be in vain. So I gave it up and gave it to that little brat Makarov. What a joke, that kind of shorty could get the title of Ten Wizard Saints!" Phil's disdain for Makarov was clearly expressed in his words.
Hearing that Master was insulted, Erza was furious, but now she had no power to resist, and could only express her emotions with angry eyes and clenched teeth.
I want to find the lost strength, I want to return to my youth! I want to regain the title of Ten Saints! I want to return to my former glory!
Erza! You are the material for my purpose. The potential of your body is even greater than mine back then. As long as I can obtain your body, I will become the strongest in less than three years! Phil had a deranged expression on his face. Erza could feel that the other party had already been swallowed by those false reputations.
"Great Flame Lion? Unfortunately, I only know Requip. I don't know anything about fire magic at all!" Erza revealed a disdainful expression as the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"You don't have to worry about that. What method do you think I used to change your replica?" "I have added my genes. Otherwise, how could I compare it to you and my child!" Phil pointed at the baby and smiled proudly.
"Moreover, the quality of your magic power is very high. It is a very excellent nutrition drug. In less than five days, your replica will be able to 'grow up'. I will look forward to the day." At this time, Phil regained his calm, and his expression changed back to his previous gentle appearance.
"Of course, on the day that your replica is completed, there is no need for you to exist in the world."