by Zhuang Bifan
"Yes, Teacher, I'll definitely, I'll definitely step into the Legendary-realm!" Gerosso crouched on the ground with his head lowered and his fists clenched. There was a trace of indignation in his eyes. However, he knew that it was simply impossible for him to take revenge this time, because Lin Li was protected by the arbitrator.
"Okay, good that you have that determination. The matters here have been settled. It's time for us to go back," Leddings said with fatigue.
Gerosso didn't have time to rest that day. Leddings took his proud disciple with him, and quietly left the Sky Garden without bidding farewell to anyone. He had no choice, since Leddings' friends still blamed him for implicating them. At least for now, no one wanted to see him.
After the regular meeting, Lin Li didn't head back to the Tower of Dusk immediately, and instead stayed behind for a few more days in the Sky Garden. Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #%E2%80%99s-versatile-crafting-master_11275087605321405/so-what-if-it's-just-half_48889339832222224 for visiting.
On one hand, he wanted to learn more about the Supreme Council through Andoine's introductions. After all, even if his identity as the fourth arbitrator was still kept a secret, there was plenty for him to learn and understand as a newly promoted councilor.
On the other hand, he wanted to ask the three arbitrators for some advice about the Sanctuary-realm. The three of them were Sanctuary powerhouses who were extremely experienced in the Sanctuary-realm. Although Lin Li had Geresco's Book of Eternity, he could not find all the answers he needed in books.
The three arbitrators each had different understanding and experience of the Sanctuary-realm, and their paths might deviate from or even go against the path that Lin Li was going to take. However, to Lin Li, they were good examples to learn from and great additions to the experience mentioned in the Book of Eternity.
The three arbitrators, especially Apophis and Chris, had a good impression of Lin Li. They wanted Lin Li to help them shoulder the responsibility of the Supreme Council. It could be said that they treated Lin Li like their successor; hence, they naturally spared no effort in answering questions.
However, Lin Li still had to manage the Tower of Dusk, after all, and his identity as the fourth arbitrator still had to be kept a secret. Hence, he couldn't make it too obvious. Just like the other councilors who attended the meeting, he felt that it was time to leave after staying in the Sky Garden for another 10 days.
A few days of studying definitely didn't allow Lin Li to make an obvious breakthrough in level. The Sanctuary-realm was the process of a human transforming into a god. The difference between each rank was enormous.
Lin Li's combat power was definitely stronger than that of the average newbie in the Sanctuary-realm since he had the seven pieces of the debris of the stars. However, in order to advance in level, he would have to rely on studying and acc.u.mulating experience. No matter how talented he was in magic, he still needed a long period of time.
However, the interaction that he had with the arbitrators over the past few days allowed Lin Li to have a clearer understanding of the Sanctuary-realm. With the pointers of the three arbitrators, Lin Li felt like he had cleared many of his doubts.
Hence, although Lin Li's level was still the same, some of the problems that he might encounter on the path in the Sanctuary-realm in the future had been removed, thus making his journey much smoother.
On the day of his departure, Lin Li bade farewell to the three arbitrators, and met with President Joey and President Hahnar. Mason and Orrin who had been studying in the Core Library had also left on that day. They were preparing to return to their respective Guilds of Magic with their teachers.
"Haha! Felic, look at me. How do I look? I'm already a level-17 Archmage now. I'm one big step closer to the Legendary-realm! The Core Library is impressive, I learned so many new things." As soon as Mason saw Lin Li, he rattled on incessantly without hiding his excitement.
"Idiot, you're daydreaming again," Orrin, who stood beside him, said in a cold voice, not saving him any face.
"You!! Hmph, I can't be bothered to talk to you. Why don't we have a contest to see who can step into the Legendary-realm first?" Mason had advanced by a level in the Core Library, but he didn't expect Orrin to have advanced by a level as well, thus suppressing him.
The two of them had studied in the Core Library for the past several days, and each of them had advanced by one level. However, it wasn't because the Core Library was so magical that it allowed them to advance effortlessly by a level in a few days. It was mainly because they were both talented in magic. When they reached Gerosso's age, they might not necessarily be inferior to him in terms of strength.
The two of them already had a certain amount of acc.u.mulation in their respective levels, and even if they hadn't studied in the Core Library, they would have definitely advanced in a year or two. The true value of the studying they had done over the past days was actually a proper guide to their future path in the pursuit of magic, similar to the guidance that the three arbitrators had given Lin Li. Of course, whether or not they could enter the Legendary-realm in the future was still dependent on the effort they put in.
However, no matter what, Hahnar and Joey were naturally elated after seeing their students advancing in level by an obvious margin. They kept thanking Lin Li.
Mason's teacher, Joey, was particularly grateful. Due to his inability to step into the Legendary-realm, the Chevan City Guild of Magic was now reduced to the point where even pirates dared to bully them. If it wasn't for the deterrence of the Supreme Council, he wouldn't even be able to continue living in Chevan City.
Hence, Joey pinned all his hopes on Mason, hoping that he would one day step into the Legendary-realm and make the Guild of Magic prosper again. With Mason's current strength after advancing and taking another step towards the Legendary-realm, Joey was naturally overjoyed.
In fact, the situation that Joey was facing in the Guild of Magic of Chevan City was the same as Hahnar's Guild's of Magic in Rotterdam. However, due to the fact that Hahnar had entered the Legendary-realm not long ago, their situation became a little better.
That was one of the problems that the three arbitrators and Lin Li had talked about before. Magic civilization seemed to be thriving in Anril as there was an increased number of people wanting to learn magic. However, the quality was getting worse and worse compared to the Dark Age. After more than 1,300 years of development, not only had there been no new Sanctuary-mage, the Legendary-realm had even become the pinnacle of magic in the opinion of many. It was undoubtedly a devastating thing.
Lin Li couldn't care less about that problem now. If it had been easy to solve, the three arbitrators would have already done it. Hence, he only replied to Joey's and Hahnar's thanks out of courtesy. He then walked to the Teleportation Portal while chatting with them.
When Lin Li came, it was Arbitrator Chris who brought him to the Sky Garden using space magic. The space magic for transmission could only be cast by Sanctuary powerhouses. The other councilors would still have to rely on the four fixed teleportation magic spells to get to and from the Sky Garden.
Lin Li himself had learned that magic spell, and with his understanding of the debris of the stars, Nothingness, and the Space Laws in his Space Robe, he still had no major problems using it. However, since he could use Legendary-level Teleportation Arrays, he didn't bother putting in the effort.
Apart from the councilors who had specifically targeted Lin Li and the Tower of Dusk during the meeting and left early for fear of retaliation from Lin Li, just like Leddings, the rest only left now. It was mainly because they wanted to let themselves and their students stay in the Supreme Council's library to study for a few more days.
The four Teleportation Portals corresponded to four cities located in the Felan Kingdom. Lin Li and company were headed to
the Teleportation Portal that led to the Alanna Guild of Magic. The other councilors who lived far away from the Alanna Guild of Magic would choose other Teleportation Portals.
Previously, Lin Li had learned that the Chevan City, where Mason lived, was being attacked by a group of pirates, and had to rely on the support of the New Crescent City Guild of Magic to barely persist. At that time, Lin Li had said that he could support the Chevan City Guild of Magic with a few Magical Crystal Cannons and a batch of magical crystals.
There would be absolutely no problem for the Magical Crystal Cannons to attack the pirates. The sh.i.p.s on the sea were not as flexible as humans, and even humans couldn't escape the attacks launched by the Magical Crystal Cannons, let alone the pirate sh.i.p.s.
Mason originally thought that Lin Li had only said those words to provoke Gerosso, and thus did not mention it to his teacher, Joey. After all, he knew that each Magical Crystal Cannon was worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and the gift of a few Magical Crystal Cannons plus a batch of magical crystals was something that Guilds of Magic could not just give away freely.
Chapter 919 - Calamity
As the headquarters of all Guilds of Magic, the Alanna Guild of Magic could afford that batch of supplies and resources, but they would definitely be reluctant to give it away, not to mention the Tower of Dusk that had just been established a few years ago.
However, Lin Li was mentioning that matter to Mason's teacher, President Joey, at this moment. They would be heading to the Alanna Guild of Magic, and there were Magical Crystal Cannons and magical crystals in Lin Li's Ring of Endless Storm. Hence, there was no need for Lin Li to move them over from the Breezy Plains at all. He could just let President Joey bring the things back this time.
At first, Mason was still worried about how he should explain this to his teacher. After all, it was because of him that the New Crescent City might stop providing aid. However, when Lin Li mentioned this issue again, Mason and Orrin finally realized that he hadn't been kidding earlier on.
President Joey knew that the Tower of Dusk possessed the Tera Mine which was bringing it almost endless wealth. However, he was still very shocked that Lin Li could offer such a generous amount of supplies to aid Chevan City for free, all because he had been roommates with Mason before!
President Joey didn't know Lin Li well, but he knew that the arbitrator wouldn't think highly of a nobody. He also knew the situation his faction was in now, so he didn't reject any further1, and thanked Lin Li continuously while forcing down his immense joy.
Just as Lin Li was talking with them while walking slowly towards the Teleportation Portal, hundreds of translucent organisms suddenly shot down from the skies at the edge of the Sky Garden.
These organisms looked like crystal clear water balls, making light refract upon passing through them. Some of them landed on the Teleportation Portal. A bright light shone from the portal, and the portal was destroyed instantly following a loud explosion.
For most of these translucent organisms, they changed their direction immediately upon landing, and rushed towards the mages closest to the Teleportation Portal. In the process of shooting down, these organisms' bodies had changed into almost human-like figures by the time they got close to the mages.
Joey and Hahnar gasped, "It's the Calamity! Why is it happening now?!"
After coming to the Sky Garden these few days, Lin Li had quite a bit of understanding of the Supreme Council now. The Calamity that Macklin had talked about wasn't actually a natural disaster, but rather these translucent organisms invading the Sky Garden—the Souls of The Dead that the High Elves had left behind.
This Sky Castle had originally belonged to the High Elves. Although Geresco had snatched it and wiped out all the High Elves in the city, there were still many High Elven Souls of The Dead left behind. These Souls of The Dead had already lost their sense of identity, and had forgotten the pride and honor that belonged to the High Elves. They hid all around the Sky Castle out of instinct.
These Souls of The Dead were extremely different from Vengeful Spirits. They didn't possess a strong death aura, and were actually products of the High Elves' unwavering will and blood power. The way they acc.u.mulated strength was also not through engulfing soul fire like the Undead creatures, but rather through converting the omnipresent magical elements into their own mana, just like mages.
Whenever these Souls of The Dead had acc.u.mulated enough strength, they were driven by their instinct to attack the Sky Garden. For the past 1,300-odd years, the attacks had never ceased. This had caused huge damage to the Supreme Council initially, and thus the mages called it the Calamity.
After some time, the Supreme Council gradually figured out the patterns behind their attacks. Thus, they made preparations before each attack, and reduced the losses to a minimum. The Calamity was even used as a trial for the mages in the Supreme Council. It was for this reason that the three arbitrators didn't step in and destroy these Souls of The Dead completely.
However, the timing of this Calamity seemed to have disregarded the patterns that the Supreme Council had found out. Its scale was also larger than those recorded in history, almost similar in intensity as the first few times. Out of the Souls of The Dead, there were tens of Legendary-level ones, and the rest were all approaching Legendary-level.
Souls of The Dead lower than Legendary-level didn't really pose a threat. The fact that it was called a Calamity was because of the Legendary-level Souls of The Dead, who had inherited all the merits of the High Elves. Although they had lost their bodies, they could now use nomological power with greater ease than before.
Although these Legendary-level Souls of The Dead were similar in strength compared to mages of the same level, they could integrate themselves into the world's rules. That was already a Sanctuary-level ability; the only difference was in the level of strength. Thus, a Legendary-level mage was no match for a Legendary-level Soul of The Dead at all.
If the councilors of the Supreme Council hadn't left, there would probably have been enough people to deal with a Calamity of such scale. However, many councilors had left one by one. The remaining councilors had almost all chosen various Teleportation Portals based on their needs, so the strength of the council had been spread out.
Like wolves eyeing their prey, the Souls of The Dead swarmed towards the mages standing closest to the Teleportation Portals. Even when facing Archmages who were relatively lower in power, the Souls of The Dead didn't give them any chance.
Standing in front of Lin Li were the councilors from Rosen's faction and their students. Although they hadn't made their opinions known directly during the meeting like Leddings and Canuman, so they didn't need to worry about Lin Li revenging them, they still felt nervous that they were standing so close to Lin Li, and wanted to leave immediately.
However, those councilors didn't expect the Calamity to come just as they were about to step into the Teleportation Portal. Those councilors were all Legendary-mages, so they reacted speedily and used defense magic to protect themselves. However, their students weren't so fast.
Of course, it was evident what the outcome would be for an Archmage when facing the combined attack of several Legendary-level Souls of The Dead and many more level-18 or 19 ones whether or not he was prepared. The Archmages following their teachers didn't even have time to shriek before being engulfed by the swarm.
Meanwhile, their teachers could only watch their prideful students being engulfed by the swarm helplessly since they were struggling to protect even themselves. In fact, they didn't manage to sustain for long, either. In less than a second, the Legendary-level Souls of The Dead had penetrated the Elemental Shields of these level-20 or 21 Legendary-mages.
For Lin Li and Joey, these High Elven Souls of The Dead didn't even stop at all from invading the Sky Garden, destroying the Teleportation Portals, and engulfing the Legendary-mages and their students to pouncing towards them.
Joey and his team were stunned, and their
faces turned pale, especially after seeing those in front of them being engulfed by the Souls of The Dead almost instantly.
Joey was only a level-19 Archmage, while Hahnar had just reached Legendary-realm not long ago. With their knowledge of Lin Li, he had only reached Legendary-realm two or three years ago. As such, Joey thought that his team's power was similar to those in front of them. Even though they had a bit more time to react, that wouldn't change the outcome.
Just then, the alarm in the Sky Castle rang. The mages at all places rushed towards the Sky Garden to help. However, being the Sky Castle of the High Elves, the Sky Garden was so vast that the mages could only arrive in a few minutes at their maximum speed.
Meanwhile, at the Eternal Tower, Chairman Andoine and Deputy Chairman Rosen had also gotten the news of the Calamity. After knowing that the location of the attack was at the Teleportation Portal to Alanna Guild of Magic, Andoine didn't dare to hesitate even a second.
When Lin Li had come to bid farewell just now, Andoine had heard him say that he would be going to the Alanna Guild of Magic. Given that not a long time had passed, Andoine was almost certain that Lin Li was among those facing the attack.
Rosen had the same guess as Andoine. He was even a little glad at this news, hoping that the Souls of The Dead could kill Lin Li. However, he didn't want the arbitrators to think that Lin Li's death was due to his incapability in rescuing him.
Andoine and Rosen held their magic staffs and flew in Lin Li's direction. When they arrived, the High Elven Souls of The Dead had just engulfed those councilors, and were rushing towards Lin Li and his companions. Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click
