"Okay, you've done a good job. I didn't expect that I would be gone for three years. Otherwise, I would have left a few people behind to look after the house, and this wouldn't have happened." Lin Li waved his hand and told Gavin not to blame himself. Actually, Lin Li's own responsibility was greater. If he had left a few powerhouses behind to guard the Tower of Dusk, and even if he had left the Retribution Knights or the mages behind, he believed that no one would dare to bully him.
"Felic, what's that thing in the sky? Did you really drive the Sky Castle back!?" Gerian and the mages of the Eternal Furnace ran out after Gavin and the rest.
Behind them were Wilkinson and the other pharmacists, as well as the technical talents of the Tower of Dusk in other fields. Initially, when they saw Lin Li, they couldn't wait to come forward and greet him or complain. However, when they heard Gerian's question, everyone fell silent. They all looked at Lin Li nervously and expectantly, waiting for him to give a definite answer.
Since they had already driven the Sky Castle back, there was nothing for Lin Li to hide. Hence, he nodded, and said, "Yes, that's the Sky Castle that we went to explore. The others are still up there. They were the ones who launched the attack just now."
Upon hearing Lin Li's exact answer, the crowd burst into cheers and shouts after a moment of silence. The Eternal Furnace had already made the Tower of Dusk an invincible place. Now that the Tower of Dusk actually had a real Sky Castle, almost no one dared to imagine what the future development of the Tower of Dusk would be like in the future.
"Alright, the battle here is over. Everyone, follow me and have a look." He then chanted a few incantations, and a huge Teleportation Portal appeared out of thin air in front of them.
"Can I really?"
"Oh my god, the legendary Sky City!"
"I told you that the president would be fine. Look, he even drove the Immortal King's Sky Castle back!"
"I wonder if those people who spread rumors about our president will still be able to sleep after hearing this news."
"That's right. Also, those few forces that stopped doing business with us. This time, even if they kneel before us, it will depend on our mood."
The people of the Tower of Dusk discussed excitedly while lining up to enter the Teleportation Portal.
Looks like there's still a lot to settle! Lin Li stood quietly at the side, and from the discussions of the mages, he could basically tell what the Tower of Dusk had experienced in the past three years. Lin Li was never a soft-hearted person. He would never be stingy to his own people, but he would never be generous to his enemies. To put it simply, he would give back double what he had taken, and he would spit out blood after eating what he had eaten.
When everyone passed through the Teleportation Portal and set foot on the majestic Sky Castle, Lin Li was about to follow them in when he remembered that there was a captive not far away. It was not that Lin Li was forgetful, but rather that he was overjoyed to see that his people were fine.
Lin Li asked Gavin and Gerian, who were waiting beside him, to enter the Teleportation Portal first, while he turned to look in the direction of the captive. At the place where the captive was, there was also a Hand of Mana that tore through space and reached out to grab the half-dead captive.
However, at this moment, there was a fluctuation in space, and another Hand of Mana reached out to grab the captive on the ground.
The two Hands of Mana collided, and it didn't seem to be a powerful magic spell. Hence, the captive that was involved was only blown to one side by the shockwave.
"Huh?" Lin Li's expression suddenly became much more sullen. Although such a method didn't seem unusual, only a Sanctuary powerhouse could cast it. Hence, there was no doubt that the other person who attacked just now was also a Sanctuary powerhouse who was not weak.
At this moment, an old voice sounded through the void.
"President Felic, since your guild is not damaged, I'll take this kid away."
After he said that, another Hand of Mana emerged from the void and grabbed the captive again.
What a joke, since when does a nobody have the right to take my captive!? Although Lin Li knew that the other party was also in the Sanctuary-realm, and had not just entered the Sanctuary-realm, it didn't mean that he had to give him face. On the contrary, he could tell that the other party's voice definitely didn't belong to the Sanctuary powerhouses who were on good terms with him.
Hence, Lin Li didn't hesitate at all, and simply pointed the Helios' Scepter in his hand, after which a thunderbolt smashed the Hand of Mana in the distance, immediately dispersing it.
"President Felic, I advise you not to be impulsive. You've already killed the others, but killing this person won't do you or the Tower of Dusk any good," the old voice said, seemingly suppressing his anger.
"Sure, you can take him away, but before you do, I want to know what force you are from." Lin Li wanted to keep the captive alive so that he could interrogate him to find out the force behind him. Otherwise, he would have long crushed the kid into powder.
However, after hearing Lin Li's words, the old voice fell silent. Clearly, he did not expect Lin Li to reveal such important information.
Since you don't want to answer, I'll go and ask you directly! During this period of time, Lin Li had already roughly figured out the other party's location through the clues left behind when the other party cast the Hand of Mana. Hence, seeing that the other party was silent, Lin Li immediately summoned the debris of the stars, Nothingness, and slashed it in the air, creating a crack in space. He was about to traverse through space to find the old man.
However, before Lin Li could enter, he heard an exclamation coming from the spatial crack, and the clues that he was tracking immediately disappeared without a trace. It seemed that the other party's reaction was rather fast, and he immediately fled after realizing that Lin Li was going to catch him.
Lin Li had no choice but to stop, turn around, and reach out to grab the captive. He then strode into the Teleportation Portal that led to the Sky Castle.
All of this happened in less than 10 seconds, because the people in the Sky Castle didn't notice that Lin Li had wasted that much time. However, when they saw that Lin Li was carrying the person who had fainted, Gavin, Gerian, and the others immediately rushed over.
"President, this is …?" Gavin knew that the person in Lin Li's hand was one of the enemies who had attacked the Tower of Dusk. However, during this period of battle, this person did not show any special performance. Hence, he didn't know why Lin Li had killed all the leaders and captured him alive.
Lin Li threw the captive in his hand onto the ground, and said to Gavin and the others, "Lock this person up in the prison of the Sky Castle. No matter what method you use, find out the force behind him."
"You mean, Canuman is not the real culprit behind the attack on the Tower of Dusk this time!?" Gavin couldn't help but be shocked to hear that. He then frowned slightly, and said, "Recently, the Breezy Plains hasn't been peaceful. It's said that many local forces have been attacked by forces of unknown origin. At first, we just thought that it was an excuse from those forces, but we didn't expect such a force to really exist. "
"Okay, the rest of you can go around and take a look. Let's go inside and talk. I'd also like to hear what exactly happened in the Tower of Dusk and the Breezy Plains in the past three years." Lin Li got someone to take the captive away, and then brought Gerian, Gavin, and the other senior executives of the Tower of Dusk into the Central Tower of the Sky Castle.
Everyone took their seats in the hall on the first floor, and Gavin and the others began to introduce to Lin Li the various changes that had taken place in the Breezy Plains and the Tower of Dusk in the past three years. First of all, the biggest change was actually something that Lin Li knew about. Due to the magic tides, a large number of mages had advanced by leaps and bounds, and many of them had broken through bottlenecks that had plagued them for a long time.
At this point, Gerian's eyes narrowed into slits, and the fat on his face jiggled as he laughed. He proudly said, "Kid, did you notice that I'm a Legendary-mage now!?"
In fact, Gerian's talent in magic was at most level-15 or level-16. He only managed to advance to the peak of level-19 with the help of the magical crystal of the Sky Castle and the seed of the Tree of Eternity. However, the peak of level-19 had already squeezed out all of Gerian's potential, and there was almost no possibility for him to advance further. When Lin Li left, he had already been stuck at the bottleneck of level-19 for a long time.
However, Gerian encountered the magic tides that were only seen once in a few hundred years, and the scale of the magic tides this time was far greater than the previous ones. With the power of the magic tides, the old man finally broke through the bottleneck and became a true Legendary-mage. Gavin, who had been in charge of the affairs of the Tower of Dusk, as well as many of the mages who had reached the peak of level-19, also stepped into the Legendary-realm.
Although Gerian also knew that there was no hope for him to advance further in the Legendary-realm in the future, and his strength would only be at the bottom of the Legendary-realm, Gerian didn't care about that at all. What he cared about was the increase in his lifespan after stepping into the Legendary-realm. Now that he had an additional 80 to 100 years of lifespan, he could live a carefree life. That was the reason why he was really happy.
"Hehe, back then, Old Merlin and I would almost always advance by one level, and neither of us would surpass the other. But now, I'm afraid Old Merlin would never have thought that I would be able to step into the Legendary-realm one day. Hence, it's a victory to live longer, "Gerian said with a grin that he could not close his mouth.
After Gerian praised himself for a long time, Gavin began to introduce the current situation of the Breezy Plains to Lin Li, as well as the development of the Tower of Dusk in the Breezy Plains. At this point, Gavin's face was full of guilt again. After all, no matter what, the Tower of Dusk that Lin Li handed over to him was obviously worlds apart from the current Tower of Dusk.
"Okay, don't put on that expression. It's not a big deal. Didn't I say long ago that as long as we're alive, we can have everything? As for those belongings, just take it that they've been keeping them for two years. When the time comes, we'll just get them back with interest, "Lin Li said nonchalantly as he waved his hand.
Lin Li believed that as long as he spread the news that he had brought back to the Sky Castle, those who owed him would naturally return everything to him without him having to do anything.
In fact, it was indeed just as Lin Li had thought. After the Sky Castle flew over from the Ledin Kingdom, and finally stopped at the Tower of Dusk, the news of the return of the President of the Tower of Dusk and the Sky Castle immediately spread like wildfire in the Breezy Plains.
The shock that the news gave them was even greater than when Lin Li had stepped into the Sanctuary-realm at a young age. After all, the Sky Castle was a mythical thing. It was already impressive enough to explore it, but he actually managed to get the entire Sky Castle. That was simply a contemporary myth.
Besides, the news was not difficult to verify. As long as someone made a trip to Doland, they would be able to see the massive inverted mountain peak above the Tower of Dusk that almost left a massive shadow on the ground. Apart from the Sky Castle, what else in the world could float in the sky with such a massive volume!?
After understanding the situation of the Tower of Dusk, Lin Li, Gavin, and the other senior executives discussed the next development strategy. In fact, there was nothing wrong with the strategy. The main reason for the decline of the Tower of Dusk in the past three years was that there was no real powerhouse to hold the fort. Now that Lin Li had returned with the Sky Castle, all the problems would naturally be solved.
Even though the strength of many forces had increased greatly during the magic tides, and there were even many peak Legendary-realm powerhouses who took the opportunity to step into the Sanctuary-realm, there was still a huge gap between them and the current power of the Tower of Dusk. Putting aside the Sanctuary powerhouses, just the Sky Castle alone was enough to make most forces feel intimidated at the sight of it.
After making various plans for the development of the Tower of Dusk, the mages outside had also almost finished touring the Sky Castle. However, Lin Li did not plan to let everyone stay in the Sky Castle just like that. After all, the foundation of the Tower of Dusk was still on the ground. The Tower of Dusk had yet to reach the level of the Supreme Council that could truly dominate this continent. Hence, Gavin still brought some people back to clean up the battlefield of the Tower of Dusk and the Magic Castles in the periphery so that the mages could stay and study.
Of course, for the sake of the task of sealing the spacetime rift in the future, Lin Li also needed someone to assist in the operation of the Sky Castle. Hence, he announced a decision. After the assessment, the mages who achieved excellent results would be able to enter the Sky Castle. Not only would they be able to stay and study in the Sky Castle, they would also have to learn how to operate some of the facilities in the Sky Castle.
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