Chapter 460 - Or else there would be a lot of trouble
“How… How could this be…”
Hutton and Stephen were still in extreme disbelief when Lin Li walked towards them. The shock was terrifying. The Legendary-level Necromagic had been broken instantaneously, and that was not what people would expect an Archmage to be able to achieve.
It was obvious that the frightening Necromagic had formed a Magical Domain. Only a stronger Magical Domain would be able to balance it out. No powerful magical equipment or casting technique could cover that unbridgeable gap.
The two young men were both very talented Archmages in the Breezy Plains. Coming from a family of magic and the Dark Blade, their knowledge and experience was not a little behind that of the old men who had been around for more than a century. The different exposure and information they had would be beyond the imagination of common men.
However, even the two knowledgeable young Archmages had no idea how an Archmage would have the ability to break a Magical Domain. That was absolutely a subversion of their general knowledge. Even the most foolish mage apprentice would know that that should be impossible.
Those impossibilities were displayed before their eyes. The young Archmage that was standing on the back of the Humerus Wyrm had just used an Illuminating Spell to counter a Legendary-level Necromagic, and slain two Rainbow Manticore Kings instantaneously.
“There is no perfection in this world, let alone for Magical Domains. Once people find any fault with the seemingly perfect Magical Domain, it will become like a bubble with a multitude of colors, bursting upon gentle contact…” Lin Li’s voice was very gentle. No one knew whether he was speaking to Hutton and Stephen or just to himself…
Stephen gained immense pleasure from venting his deep hatred for Lin Li. He raised the Summoning Lamp in one hand and started to transfer mana into the lamp continuously.
“Damn it, Stephen, control yourself. Please do not forget that we are here to find the Throne of Darkness. That is our only way to leave the Abyss of Tharlen!” Hutton urged Stephen anxiously. How would he not know what Stephen wanted to do? Hutton had witnessed the powers of the Humerus Wyrm. It’d turned the two Rainbow Manticore Kings into minced meat with just a leg.
Although the young President was powerful, he was not yet a Legendary-mage. There would be a possibility for him to be killed by the Humerus Wyrm.
It would be too humiliating for such an invincible Archmage to be killed by a creature he’d summoned.
“Throne of Darkness? Hahahaha, stop joking, Hutton. Do you really think that I’m here to find that darn throne with you guys? Hahahaha, let me tell you, Hutton. I knew of its location when we were in that forest just now. However, why should I reveal it and share Geresco’s three relics with you? I only have one motive for coming here: to kill both of you!” Stephen’s hideous laughter accompanied his act of transferring an endless stream of mana into the Summoning Lamp. Blinding light filled the entire Abyss Arena, and a force that threatened to tear the void started to spread…
“Oh sh*t…” Darkness rushed up to Hutton. As a high-level Archmage, Hutton knew very well that that was a force used to summon the Humerus Wyrm. When the force reached its maximum amount, the Humerus Wyrm would break out from the void and appear in the Abyss Arena, where it’d tear himself and the young President into pieces with its unbeatable strength!
“Stephen…” Lin Li spoke. He had been standing at his spot and looking at Stephen with a very strange gaze. It was a gaze filled with not only sympathy, but also mockery. It was as though he was not looking at an enemy that was trying to summon a Humerus Wyrm to kill himself, but a moron that was about to commit an idiotic act.
“Hahahaha, are you going to ask for mercy? It is too late now. Even if you were to kneel before me, you wouldn’t be able to change your fate of being killed by your own summoned creature…”
“Not that…” Lin Li replied as he shook his head, and his gaze turned more uneasy. “I remember telling you to be careful not to transfer any mana into that Summoning Lamp…”
“What?” Stephen’s expression took a turn, and he realized something was amiss. Unfortunately, it was too late. He had transferred a great amount of mana into the Summoning Lamp, and it activated the mageweath for sealing living creatures. At once, an unbearable force broke the space…
However, the space did not bring them the Humerus Wyrm that Stephen wanted…
Strictly speaking, it was not a real summoning process. It created a puff of thick fog that resembled gray clouds before an impending storm. The Abyss Arena became silent. There were neither gasps nor shrieks, just dead silence.
Immediately after the dark fog emerged from the void, it twirled tightly around Stephen. They saw how the black fog changed into different forms continuously, while the man in the middle stood rooted to the ground. Stephen became like a wooden puppet that lost his human qualities.
“Hey, I’ve told you that long ago. You shouldn’t add mana in so recklessly…” Lin Li sighed and shook his head. “Or else there would be a lot of trouble…”
Frankly speaking, Stephen had some really bad luck to have put his trust in a hypocrite…
Who was Lin Li? He was a b*tch that might plot against anyone that he gave his copper coin to. After all, the Summoning Lamp was a powerful piece of magical equipment. Anyone who knew Lin Li well, such the boss of Gilded Rose, Ysera, would definitely not immediately accept Lin Li’s offer to put his Summoning Lamp with him. His first reaction would be to inspect the lamp with a magnifying glass to see if there might be a bomb hidden in it.
Unfortunately, Stephen was absolutely unaware of it…
That caused him to step into Lin Li’s trap very easily. He was right, the Summoning Lamp was still a Summoning Lamp. It would definitely be able to summon a powerful creature if one were to transfer mana into it. However, Lin Li did not tell Stephen that the Summoning Lamp did not just seal a Humerus Wyrm. In fact, there was also the former Lord of the Abyss within it.
Stephen would never have dreamed that the bond Lin Li signed with the Humerus Wyrm would not require the powers of the Magic Lamp. In fact, the Summoning Lamp was just a living space for the Humerus Wyrm.
It was lucky for Stephen be still of use to Lin Li. Otherwise, he would not be just trapped by the Lord of Nightmares, but turn into minced meat under the feet of the Humerus Wyrm.
“T-this… What is this…?” Hutton gaped. He could not comprehend the ongoing events.
“Nothing much, I’m just borrowing Mage Stephen’s dream…” Lin Li replied as he retrieved the Summoning Lamp from Stephen.
Of course, he would never reveal more. It concerned too many secrets.
However, these words were enough to drown Hutton in his sweat.
The treachery of the young President was beyond the imagination of common men. Every single word could be one of his traps, and every single action might let his enemies fall beyond redemption. Hutton knew he had made a wise decision to please the man after realizing the danger involved. Otherwise, he would be the other person being trapped in that black fog.
“But, Mage Felic, what should we do next? Are we going to leave Stephen here?”
“Leave him here? Hmph, how would there be such an easy way out? I’ve spent so much time digging this pit, and you want me to give all the space to Stephen? Now that the bastard Lord had been watching the free show for quite a while, it’s time to pay for the ticket now…” Lin Li smirked as he found the crimson piece of soul fragment very quickly…
“Connoris, go and unlock all the cages.”
“Damn it, how do you know…?” Connoris jumped on Lin Li’s back. His voice was filled with disbelief.
“Are you curious about why I knew you can unlock these cages?” Lin Li responded Connoris’s shock with a smile. “Because I want to know…”
“F*ck you…” Connoris cussed, but proceeded to get down from Lin Li’s back. He started to open the cages with some unusual recitation.