Chapter 157 - Flame Shield
After Lin Li entered the room, he found that there was another acquaintance sitting inside besides Macklin.
“Good afternoon, Mr Darian,” Lin Li greeted with a smile. Perhaps few people could imagine, seeing the expression on his face, that this polite-looking fellow was actually the culprit who had beaten Darian’s nephew into a cripple.
“Hng!” Darian snorted; his face as black as the bottom of a pan.
The atmosphere in the room was full of tension, making Macklin’s head throb. He rubbed the center of his forehead painfully, and quickly interrupted, “Alright, Darian, I’ll think about what you’ve said. You go back first…”
“Yes, Mr Macklin…” Macklin had already spoken, so Darian would have to abide even if he was unwilling. In case he had incited the anger of the guild’s most powerful Archmage, it’d be too late to regret. Macklin was not as accommodating as Aldwin; he would always turn hostile all of a sudden without even prior greeting.
Darian got up and opened the door. Before he left, he shot a merciless glare at Lin Li. Let alone Lin Li, even Macklin, who was at a side, could clearly see the hatred in his eyes.
It was just that Macklin was troubled now, and he pretended not to see it.
“Oh, yeah…” At his reminder, Lin Li recalled his main purpose. “Mr Macklin, can you do me a favor?”
“What favor?” Macklin suddenly became interested. For a long time, the kid had behaved like a freak; Macklin did not even feel that he needed help for a lifetime.
“It’s like this… I acquired a gemstone a few days ago. As far as I know, there should be a spell in this gemstone, but I went to the Spell Testing Hall just now and couldn’t find out what kind of spell it was, so… I was thinking… could you help me to test it?”
“The Dragon’s Eye?” With Macklin’s knowledge, how could he not know what it was? Before Lin Li had finished speaking, he had already guessed what this gemstone was.
“Yes, Dragon’s Eye.”
“No problem,” Macklin agreed coolly.
Although the Dragon’s Eye was precious, he had already seen many of it with his status.
To tell the truth, he did not think much of this magical gemstone which was said to have been transformed from a dragon’s eye. In his opinion, the power of this magical gemstone was too low—it could only contain stuff such as wind blade or icicle, which couldn’t even break through the Elemental Shield. What practical significance does it hold?
To test the power of the spell was as easy as eating and drinking for Macklin. Without even a second thought, he went straight into the Spell Testing Hall with Lin Li.
“Come.” Macklin erected an Elemental Shield with a wave of his staff.
“Oh…” Lin Li nodded, and fished out the Dragon’s Eye from his pocket.
“Damn!” The fist-sized Dragon’s Eye almost drove Macklin mad on the spot. The old man’s eyes immediately became glazed when he saw the glistening yellow light.
He’d never imagined that the Dragon’s Eye in the kid’s mouth was such a big fellow…
“F*ck…” Macklin wanted to bang the wall. With his knowledge of Dragon’s Eyes, how could he not know that the level of the spell contained in the Dragon’s Eye was proportional to its volume? What the kid had in his hand was the size of a fist. The spell contained in it… was it a Magic Shooter level or an Archmage level one?
“Why, Mr Macklin, is there some difficulty?”
“Nonsense! What difficulty, you just try it! ” With Macklin’s character, how could he admit that he was unconfident?
Nevertheless, though he refused to admit outwardly, he dared not treat it lightly in his heart. He waved his staff again, and a spurt of flames rose. Four burning fireballs whirled around Macklin, looking like four bright suns. This was the Flame Shield—a single-attribute shield which one could possess after having attained the realm of an Archmage. It was the same concept as the Skeletal Shield on the Lich.
Under the protection of two layers of shields, Macklin then retreated a step. He hardened his scalp, and murmured, “Okay, come on!”
“Then, I won’t stand on ceremony…” Lin Li tightened his grip on the Dragon’s Eye, and began his mana input in a slow yet steady manner. The orange light gradually became brighter under the impetus of the mana, and bit by bit, it started to display a gorgeous gold…
Everything seemed to be the same as before. The golden light became brighter and more resplendent. It was like laying a layer of golden foil in the room. When the brilliant light reached its peak, a violent magical wave broke out.
But, this time, the room was no longer dead silent.
… For Macklin had exclaimed all of a sudden. “F*ck!”
“What’s wrong?” Macklin’s voice was like a stuck pig, and it startled Lin Li right on the spot. He couldn’t care less about studying the change in the Dragon’s Eye, and hurriedly went over to support Macklin. “Mr Macklin, are you all right?”
“Al… alright.” Macklin shook his head, but his face was turning pale.
“Then…” Lin Li wanted to ask what the situation was about when he felt that there was something wrong with Macklin. With this doubt in mind, he studied Macklin carefully for a long time before he finally understood what the problem was.
The two shields that Macklin had just propped up had suddenly disappeared into thin air…