Chapter 51 - 50 Assault!
Chapter 51: Chapter 50 Assault!
Kane Mansion
Upon returning from Arsen, Lis went straight to the underground laboratory as soon as he entered the door.
After locking the door, Lis needed a quiet space to organize the important information he had just received.
He recorded all the names, statuses, and demands on paper, tapping the wooden table with the index finger of his right hand, silently calculating in his mind.
What Arsen had said indeed had made many things clear to him.
It seemed that the war was inevitable, the only differences being when it would break out and what would spark it off?
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Looking at the information Arsen had provided on paper, Lis felt a headache coming on, given the sheer number of people involved.
The Duke of Rame from the Eastern Territory certainly had enough strength to push all these things in secret, but at most, he could only cause trouble at the border. To control everything in the capital, Bright City, Duke Rame’s strength alone was not enough.
As for the Kingdom’s Minister of Finance, Lis meant no disrespect, but the old man without any titles or power was just a mouthpiece for someone behind him.
Regarding the many Court Nobles, their demands indeed had great influence, but Lis knew that the leader among the Court Nobles was Duke Hade.
If Duke Hade had wanted to arrange this, Arsen would not have told him this news in the first place.
Such a headache!
Since it couldn’t be any of the people Arsen mentioned, then who could it be?
Who had the capability to plan an assassination during the Royal Capital Festival and enough strength and wealth to manipulate the prices of the Kingdom’s food and weapons?
Who in the world could it be?
Where else could he obtain intelligence?
Lis shook his head, troubled by a headache, feeling as if he had missed something.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and Lis slapped his thigh.
Right, how could he have forgotten this person.
Camus from the academy!
He had felt there was something off about this person before, and now it seemed likely he could obtain information about the identity of the mastermind from him.
What to do?
Should he have Welf tie Camus up and bring him back?
That would be too extreme. What if it startled the person behind him and got himself killed prematurely?
Take it slow, take it slow…
There was still time; the Sacrificial Festival was two months away.
He needed to plan this out carefully.
As Lis was considering how he could extract the information he wanted from Camus’s mouth, he was unaware that Camus was being pressed and would soon be seeking him out proactively.
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A few days later.
Lis had spent several days locked at home delving into arcane studies, not stepping out the front door or beyond the second, as if he had returned to the days of his previous life when he was obsessed with gaming.
Therefore, hardcore gamers like Lis were quite suited to becoming Mages.
Both were homebodies, capable of sitting still and grinding through an all-nighter without feeling a thing.
However, today Lis came out of his seclusion; Arsen had sent someone to inform him that he should make a trip to the villa on Gedo Street.
Perhaps there was additional news regarding what was discussed last time?
After changing out of his clothes, which were splattered with a myriad of colors from arcane experiments, and making himself presentable, he was ready to step out.
As usual, he had Welf check to make sure there was no one watching the mansion before giving him the hand signal that he didn’t need to follow, and slipping out confidently through the back door.
After several days of torrential rain, the whole of Feis Street had been refreshed, and there was still a moist smell in the air.
Next time he wondered whether he should develop an arcane spell for rain avoidance; previously, in his rush to find Arsen, even a raincoat had not been enough to keep out such heavy rain, and he had returned almost completely drenched.
In the past few days, Lis had developed several new arcane spells and was feeling quite pleased with himself. His confidence was through the roof, to the point where he even considered finding Arsen for another sparring session.
Hehe~
Just as Lis reached the corner of the alley, ready to turn towards Gedo Street,
suddenly, a figure clad in a black cloak flashed out of the adjacent alley and sprinted to a spot five meters in front of Lis.
The figure clasped their hands together, then slammed the right hand on the ground. A magic array exuding white light with complex Magic Runes enveloped both Lis and the cloaked figure.
The person in the cloak was ecstatic, thinking, “I’ve finally caught you alone, Lis!”
They had been squatting in alleys far from the mansion for several days to avoid detection by the Golden Warrior.
Lis, recognizing the familiar setup on the ground, suddenly turned pale.
“Damn, a Short Distance Oriented Magic Transmission Array?”
Although he had been open to giving potential enemies a chance, he hadn’t expected them to launch a deadly attack right away.
Even the alerts from the system popping up went unnoticed by Lis, as he dared not waste a moment. Who knew where this transmission could take him.
Moreover, there was simply no chance of escape once the Array locked onto a target, even if one immediately fled beyond Bright City, they would be pulled right back to complete the teleportation.
A flash of green light, and the Jade Wand appeared in Lis’s hand. A Wind Blade was swiftly cast towards the cloaked figure.
Without waiting to see if the Wind Blade was effective, three dangerous blue fireballs materialized beside Lis and hurtled towards the figure.
Then, casually tossing aside the Jade Wand, a flash of Spirit Light brought forth a longsword gleaming with an intimidating cold light into Lis’s hand.
This was the longsword specially prepared for Lis by Welf after he achieved the “All Martial Arts Mastery” specialty. Although unenchanted, it was sharp and solid enough for Lis’s current use.
Lis raised the longsword and brought it down fiercely towards the white Magic Rune on the ground.
Stones flew about as the longsword in Lis’s hand made a small cut in the Magic Rune, whose width was that of a centimeter.
There was hope!
Lis’s eyes brightened at the sight. It appeared that the Teleportation Array was only protected by basic Rune enchantments, and he might have a chance to break through it before it activated!
It seemed to be a low-level Teleportation Array, with an activation time of at least fifteen seconds. He should be able to make it!
While trying to destroy the Array’s Magic Rune, the preemptive Magic Attacks he had released were also closing in on the cloaked figure.
The leading Wind Blade collided with a preemptive Protection Magic cast by the figure, shattering without causing even a ripple.
However, Lis hadn’t been counting on a single Wind Blade to disrupt the assailant; the real test would come from the following three Blue Ball Skills.
The first blue fireball met the cloaked figure’s Magic Shield. The fireball exploded, and blue flames spread along the Shield’s edges, quickly shattering the first line of defense.
What’s going on? Isn’t he just a Junior Mage?
How could a single blue fireball so easily break through the Magic Shield cast by oneself, an Intermediate Mage?
Something’s not right!
But the cloaked figure had no time to ponder further.
A single Elemental Shield remained in front of them, nowhere near enough to stop the two remaining blue fireballs!
Unfortunately, they needed to keep the Teleportation Array running and couldn’t spare the effort to cast another spell.
Biting their lip, the figure reached into their storage ring and took out two Magic Scrolls, reluctantly channeling Magic Power into them to activate the pre-recorded spells.
“Four Rings Magic: Advanced Elemental Shield!”
“Four Rings Magic: Advanced Protective Field!”
The fact was, the “Advanced Protective Field” had poor efficiency against Magic Attacks, but the cloaked assailant was beyond caring. Having gone to the expense of setting up the costly Teleportation Array, failure to complete the mission would leave them without any options. A single Four Rings Magic Scroll wasn’t much in comparison.
Under the intense gaze of the cloaked figure, the second blue fireball struck the last Elemental Shield. The low-level spell was practically useless, and the Shield blasted apart with a boom.
The blue fireball, with its momentum unfazed, slammed into the newly-formed Advanced Elemental Shield.
Boom!