Not long after, the Grand Elder of the Octopus Clan, Hayes, finally arrived to the expectations of the four of them. When Hayes saw that the four of them looked haggard, he was immediately taken aback. Apart from Harquess, the other three were all Sanctuary powerhouses. What could have happened to make them look so wretched!?
When the four of them saw Hayes, they hurriedly braced themselves, and bowed to him in unison. In the entire Octopus Clan, there was probably no one who had a higher prestige than Grand Elder Hayes. Even Hegel, who was a Grand Lord, had to bow to Hayes as a junior.
Hayes was about to ask the four of them about the situation, but he suddenly saw the stone slab on the ground. Just like how the four of them behaved previously, his attention was instantly attracted by it, and he was completely immersed in the study of the mageweath.
However, after just a few minutes, Hayes broke out of that state, and was far less wretched than the four of them. Clearly, Hayes did not directly expend all his mental strength on the mageweath like the four of them did.
Seeing Hayes in such a state, the four of them were overjoyed, and Great Lord Hegel anxiously asked, "Grand Elder, how is it? Have you deciphered this mageweath!?"
While Hegel was asking, the other three were also waiting for Grand Elder Hayes to nod with anticipation in their eyes. In their opinion, as the person with the highest attainments in inscription in the Octopus Clan, Grand Elder Hayes would definitely be able to decipher the mageweath. Otherwise, the mageweath would probably not exist in this world.
However, in the face of the expectant gazes of the four of them, Grand Elder Hayes shook his head slowly, and said, "No, I can't decipher this mageweath. Its structure and Laws have vaguely touched upon the ethereal domain of the Divine Smith. That's the power of the gods!"
Grand Elder Hayes' words were like a clap of thunder in the ears of the four of them, and they were completely dumbfounded in an instant. They already had an extremely high evaluation of the mageweath, but they didn't expect that they would still underestimate it countless times compared to Grand Elder Hayes's evaluation.
Although Great Elder Hayes' attainments in inscription were unparalleled in the entire Octopus Clan, Hegel and the other three still couldn't believe it. The Divine Smith Domain was something that only existed in myths and legends. In the tens of thousands of years of history of the Octopus Clan, no one had ever stepped into the Divine Smith Domain. How could a human in his early twenties reach that level?
In particular, Harquess felt that everything was a little surreal even though he had been through a series of shocks. Hence, he mustered his courage, and said, "Grand Elder, I was the one who drew the mageweath, and I've only just reached the Master-level. That human named Felic merely sprinkled some ink on it. How could he possibly make the mageweath become like what you said?"
Indeed, if he had painstakingly drawn the mageweath, it would be more reasonable to say that he was close to the level of a Divine Smith. However, the mageweath was originally a Master-level mageweath drawn by Harquess, yet it became a Guru-level mageweath that was close to the level of a Divine Smith just because Lin Li splashed some ink on it. That was unbelievable.
Upon hearing Harquess's words, Great Monarch Hegel and the other two elders were also shocked. They finally realized that they had been focusing on the mageweath, but they had forgotten that the way the mageweath was formed was even more incredible. As inscriptionists, they all knew how much effort it would take to draw a mageweath. However, according to Harquess, Lin Li actually managed to create a mageweath that was close to the level of a Divine Smith just by splashing a bottle of ink on it. That was even more mythical than a myth.
However, Hayes shook his head slightly, and did not get angry because of their doubts. Instead, he looked into the distance, and after a moment of silence, he said, "It's not your fault. It's just that you haven't reached that level yet, and you can't understand what kind of realm it is."
Hayes' words immediately piqued the curiosity of the four of them. Although Hegel and the two elders were already experienced Masters of Inscription, they were still far from being comparable to Hayes, who was at the peak of the Master-level. Besides, the reason why Hayes could become the grand elder of the Octopus Clan was not only because of his high attainments in inscription, but also because of his age. Not to mention the Octopus Clan, even the entire Sea Clan of the Endless Ocean probably couldn't compare to him at his age. The entire Dark Age was just a fragment of his life.
"Grand Elder, what kind of realm is that!?" Hegel couldn't help but ask.
"What kind of realm is that?" Hayes said as if he was talking to himself. He then turned to look at Hegel and the others with a wry smile, and said, "Even I can't touch that realm. However, there was a peerless genius in our clan thousands of years ago, and he was the only one who might have truly touched that realm. "
Upon hearing this, Hegel and the others couldn't help but have a change in expression. Although Grand Elder Hayes did not say who it was, as members of the Octopus Clan, they were naturally no stranger to that legend. Hence, a person immediately flashed in their minds.
Heldanos, who was known as the legend of the Octopus Clan, was originally born in the lowest class of the poor, but he had a talent in inscription that made all the members of the Octopus Clan jealous. It was said that when he was more than a hundred years old, he was still considered a teenager in the Octopus Clan, but he had already become a Master of Inscription. More than two hundred years later, he stepped into the Guru Realm and finally reached an unprecedented realm.
Unprecedented was not an exaggeration, but an evaluation that Grand Elder Hayes gave Heldanos after exchanging knowledge about inscription with him. At least in the Octopus Clan, no one else was more qualified than Hayes to make such an evaluation.
No one knew what kind of realm it was, but they knew that in the ocean war that swept through the Endless Ocean, Heldanos faced tens of thousands of Giant Shark Knights of the Giant Shark Clan, but he merely drew a mageweath casually, and it caused the entire sea to boil. Under the power of that mageweath, tens of thousands of Giant Shark Knights were instantly blasted into pieces, and the entire sea was stained with blood. There was also a huge bottomless trench at the bottom of the sea. The huge trench was still emitting extremely terrifying mana waves, and it had become a barrier that foreign enemies of the Octopus Clan could not overcome.
Afterwards, there were also people who wanted to study what kind of mageweath Heldanos had drawn. However, to everyone's disappointment, the mageweath seemed to be contrary to the laws of inscription in all aspects, and could hardly be considered a mageweath. It was just like something that was casually drawn by someone. However, such a thing contained a power that made people's souls tremble, and even made them feel like they had seen a god.
However, after the end of the ocean war, Heldanos left the waters of the Octopus Clan, and no one knew of his whereabouts anymore. Of course, according to the legends of the Octopus Clan, Heldanos should have stepped into the realm of a Divine Smith, and become the only Divine Smith of inscription in the Octopus Clan since ancient times.
"Could it be that the human inscriber has really reached such a terrifying realm!?" Thinking of his previous provocation, Harquess couldn't help but blush. That was simply too embarrassing. He actually had the cheek to call himself a genius of inscription in front of such a powerful human inscriber!
"He's both outside and within the laws. Even if he's not as good as Heldanos, I'm afraid he's not far from it." While speaking, Hayes stared at the mageweath on the stone slab, and he was actually just as shocked as the others. He had seen Heldanos before, so the power of Heldanos might be just a legend to others, but he had experienced it firsthand.
"After Heldanos, no one in our clan has been able to reach that realm. I didn't expect a young human inscriber to have actually reached it," said Grand Elder Hayes. Since Grand Elder Hayes had already said so much, Great Lord Hegel had no choice but to believe in Hayes' judgment no matter how incredulous he found it. After marveling at the human inscriber's attainments in inscription, he immediately thought of something else. He turned his head and sternly asked his son, Harquess, "Harquess, tell me honestly what exactly happened. Don't hide anything from me, or I won't let you off easily if I find out!"
Harquess was taken aback, and he wanted to stick to his original story, but when he saw the serious expressions on his father's and the three elders' faces, he had no choice but to tell the truth. "Father, this is what happened. Cantory and I were casually sightseeing at the Gift of the Sea, and Cantory later took a fancy to the Blood of the Sea God in a shop. Initially, I could have given him some if he needed it, but he was probably too embarrassed to ask for it, so he wanted to buy the Blood of the Sea God himself. However, that human inscriber named Felic happened to want to buy that bit of Blood of the Sea God too, so the two of them got into a fight. "
As soon as Hegel and the three elders heard this, they knew that the matter was definitely not that simple. Hegel humphed coldly, and said, "That kid Cantory knows that human inscriber named Felic, right?"
"Ah!" Harquess was not a fool, but in the beginning, he didn't take a human inscriber seriously. Later on, he was completely attracted by the mageweath, and thus didn't think about anything else. However, after hearing his father's words, he thought about it, and immediately thought of the problem in this matter.
Harquess had known Cantory for more than a year or two, and the two of them had a rather good relationship. Hence, he was well aware that Cantory was actually not interested in inscription. Besides, the Blood of the Sea God was a material that would only be used in high-level mageweaths. Why would Cantory want that for no reason?
Seeing Harquess's reaction, Hegel and the others understood what was going on even if he didn't give a clear answer. To put it nicely, Cantory wanted Harquess to stand up for him, but to put it bluntly, Harquess was being used as a tool. Fortunately, Cantory was the disciple of the Illuminati. Otherwise, Hegel would have wanted to catch Cantory and teach him a lesson. Anyone who saw their son being used as a tool would probably be resentful.
"Do you know the origin of that human inscriber?" Grand Elder Hayes didn't mention Cantory again, and instead asked about Lin Li. After all, Harquess was still young, and there were some things that he had to experience on his own. What others said might not be very effective.
Seeing that the Grand Elder did not get angry and reprimand him, and instead asked about the human inscriber, Harquess finally heaved a sigh of relief. He thought about it carefully. Although he was distracted by the mageweath at that time, and had almost no impression of the surrounding situation, he could more or less remember what Cantory had said to him.
"I heard from Cantory that the human inscriber should be called Felic, and he seems to be from a force called the Tower of Dusk in the Breezy Plains. He's the president of that force. Besides, it seems that the Gilded Kingdom has suffered some losses because of him, but King Bradlor didn't hold it against him. "Harquess recalled for a long time, but that was all he could think of.
Although Harquess didn't say it clearly, Hegel and the others looked at each other when they heard the names Felic and the Tower of Dusk, and they all had strange expressions on their faces.
"Your Lordship, could this Felic that Harquess mentioned be the person we heard about outside?" Elder Quito said to Hegel and the others. Although he sounded doubtful, his tone made it seem like he had already confirmed it.
However, Harquess was a little bewildered. Why do my father and the three elders seem to have heard of the human inscriber named Felic? Why am I the only one who doesn't know anything about him? Seeing that the elders didn't seem to have the intention to hold him accountable, he mustered up the courage to ask, "Father, do you know that human named Felic?"
Hegel shook his head with a smile on his face, and said, "I don't know him, but that Felic has been in the limelight in the Gilded Kingdom recently. I'm afraid everyone knows that the Gilded Kingdom has suffered a lot because of him. "
The first time, Lin Li destroyed a fleet of the Gilded Kingdom, and the second time, he almost razed the royal guards to the ground. Those two incidents caused a huge commotion, and no matter how much the Gilded Kingdom wanted to hide it, it was impossible for them to keep it a secret. Besides, the Octopus Clan and the other overlords of the sea were no weaker than the Gilded Kingdom. Hence, it wouldn't take much effort for them to find out about it. In the end, the two embarrassing incidents of the Gilded Kingdom soon became a joke among the various forces.
However, at this moment, Hegel and the others couldn't laugh when they looked at the mageweath on the stone slab. They seemed to have guessed why the Gilded Kingdom had repeatedly shown weakness, and refused to retaliate even when they were humiliated. Lin Li was a Guru of Inscription who had touched the realm of the Divine Smith. Even the Octopus Clan wouldn't want to provoke such a figure, let alone the Gilded Kingdom which had not developed much in the field of inscription.
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