Gerian was really angry this time. At dawn the next day, he brought all the Magic Shooters of the guild out.
Such a terrifying force coming out of the Emerald Tower immediately shook Jarrosus City. The leaders of the major forces desperately inquired about the news, for fear that they would be implicated by Gerian. There was even more tension in the Castellan Mansion. They all thought that Gerian had found out about the incident at the banquet and was now bringing people to seek revenge. Isaac sought refuge from Old Grimm while loading Bathrilor into the carriage and sending him back to the capital, Alanna, on the same day.
It wasn't until around noon that the forces suddenly realized that it was a false alarm.
It was as if Gerian had come out for a stroll. After circling Jarrosus City, he brought people back without a word. This was blatant flirtation. The leaders of more than a dozen forces were so angry that they broke out in curses. Gerian, this old bastard, really had nothing better to do. He brought so many people out for a stroll. Could he be any more showy?
Of course, no one dared to say this to Gerian's face. Seeing this fat god of plague going out, they could not wait to hide. Who would have the guts to provoke him face to face?
So, no one noticed that among the group of Magic Shooters he brought out, there was an additional unfamiliar face …
"Now you can say it. Who made you do this?" In the basement of the Guild of Magic, Gerian's fat face was livid.
The target of his interrogation was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties. Although his eyes were swollen, most of the mages present had a good memory and could still recognize who this middle-aged man was.
When Lin Li first came to the Guild of Magic, Gerian had caused a lot of opposition within the guild in order to open up the highest privileges of the guild to him. The most vehement opposition came from a few Magic Shooters. In order to threaten Gerian, they even threatened to leave the guild.
Who knew that it would backfire in the end? Gerian's stubborn temper flared up, and he directly drove them out of the guild.
And this middle-aged man in front of him was one of the Magic Shooters who had been driven out of the guild. His name seemed to be Luke or something.
"I don't know what you're talking about …"
"You don't know?" Gerian's face was gloomy, and his eyes looked as if they were about to spit fire. "Then I guess you definitely don't know about the Shadow's Nest, let alone the location of the 125 Warlock's Eyes. As for the route through the sentry post, you definitely didn't sell it to the Shadow's Nest, right?"
"Gerian, I'm no longer a member of the Guild of Magic. What right do you have to imprison me?"
"Who the hell cares if you're from the Guild of Magic?" Gerian's expression was ferocious, and his roar echoed in the basement for a long time. "I'm seeking revenge now — do you understand? Go out and shout that the Guild of Magic has imprisoned you. Let's see if anyone dares to speak up for you. What f * cking rights do I still have? Do I need rights? "
"Let me tell you, don't think that you can get away with pretending to be dead. You're still waiting for the people from the Shadow's Nest to save you, right? Stop f * cking dreaming, you're just a tool, a tool that can only be used once! After being used once, you will no longer have any value. Do you think they will come and save something that has no value? "
"You can't accuse me … Gerian … You have no evidence …"
"You want evidence?" Gerian thought for a moment and had to admit it. "Alright, I really can't produce any evidence, but it doesn't matter. I'm seeking revenge, and I don't need evidence to seek revenge …"
"…" Lin Li broke out in a cold sweat as he listened. "Is this how you extort a confession …"
"There's no other way, who asked this kid to refuse to say?" Gerian answered matter-of-factly. "Forget it if he refuses to say. Anyway, this can only be done by the few of them. Apart from them, who else in the guild would do such a thing?"
Although Gerian's words sounded a little rude, they were not wrong.
Now that the Guild of Magic had unified Jarrosus City, even the Castellan had to take the initiative to befriend him. The mages in the guild would receive the most generous treatment no matter where they went. Even if they walked into the Gilded Rose, they would get at least a 30% discount when buying magical equipment.
Since the auction, the benefits had been endless.
First, there were 100 sets of magical equipment provided by the Mannes Family. Those were fine equipment worth 20,000 to 30,000 gold coins. With a wave of his hand, Gerian distributed all of them to the mages in the guild. As long as they reached the level of a Magic Shooter, they could apply to have a set.
And not long after, there were more than 100 bottles of Sobriety Potion.
On the day the news was announced, a group of elderly mages were so excited that they cried on the spot. They could not remember how many years it had been since they had smelled a Sobriety Potion. When they returned with a bottle of Sobriety Potion, they felt as if they were living in heaven.
It was no exaggeration to say that as long as Lin Li was in the Guild of Magic, no mage would be willing to leave.
What could the Shadow's Nest give them? It was nothing more than money and equipment. However, the Guild of Magic did not lack these things at all. The Demon Fall Valley earned millions of gold coins every year, and a hundred sets of equipment were distributed at once. All kinds of potions were distributed continuously. Who would be willing to leave in such great happiness?
Perhaps only those few Magic Shooters who had been chased out of the guild would be so pathetic as to betray the secrets of the Devil's Guild.
Of course, strictly speaking, this was not really a betrayal. After being chased out by Gerian, they had already severed their relationship with the Guild of Magic. Selling the secrets to the Shadow's Nest could at most be considered as taking revenge on the Guild of Magic.
But Gerian did not care about this. Whether it was betrayal or revenge, in short, it would harm the interests of the Guild of Magic. Harming the interests of the Guild of Magic was equivalent to harming his interests. Harming his interests must be humanely destroyed — this was Gerian's theory …
"Forget it, leave this to me …" Lin Li was all too clear about Gerian's character. He was afraid that this unlucky Magic Shooter would say something wrong and provoke the old fellow to throw a fireball at him. Then, there would be nothing left.
Gerian was stunned. "You know how to extort a confession?"
"I don't." Lin Li shook his head. He felt in his pocket and found a glass bottle. "But it will."
"…"
"I'll go to the potion lab. Don't touch him for now." Before leaving the basement, Lin Li reminded Gerian.
"Okay, I'll listen to you this time." Gerian watched Lin Li leave, and gloatingly threatened the unlucky Magic Shooter. "Retard, I gave you a chance just now, but you didn't know how to grasp it. Now, you've provoked that kid. Don't be fooled by his gentlemanly appearance, he's much more brutal than I am. Forcing him to do it himself, who knows what kind of perverted potion he'll concoct. Maybe it'll be the kind that will make your whole body itch and fester after drinking it, and it'll be painful for a year before you die …"
"…" Hearing Gerian's horrifying description, the middle-aged Magic Shooter could not help but feel a chill down his spine, but he still persisted.
Because there was one thing that even Gerian had not guessed. He did not sell the defense layout of the Demon Fall Valley to the Shadow's Nest, but to someone else. That person had assured him that he did not need to worry about the Guild of Magic's revenge, because it would not be long before the Guild of Magic would be uprooted by him.
"Still not willing to say? Forget it, even if you want to say it now, I don't want to hear it anymore. Anyway, when that kid's potion is concocted later, you'll definitely explain clearly even the age of your wet dreams. "
Lin Li, who was busy in the potion lab, had no idea how Gerian was threatening the unlucky Magic Shooter.
He was now carefully calculating the dosage of the potion. Since he had grasped the formula of the Fear Potion, this was the first time he was actually concocting it. It was inevitable that he would be more cautious in his operation.
There were some negative emotions hidden in the depths of everyone's heart, and the effect of the Fear Potion was to completely trigger these negative emotions and magnify them without limit. Among the three materials, the Nightmare Herb and the Tear of the Devil had similar effects. After mixing them, this effect would be greatly enhanced. In order to prevent excessive fear from causing a mental breakdown, a certain amount of peacebloom was added to calm the mind.
The juice of the Nightmare Herb was boiling in the beaker. Lin Li held a peacebloom in his hand and carefully tore it petal by petal. This was a very crucial process. Too much peacebloom would seriously reduce the effect of the Fear Potion, and too little peacebloom would not be able to achieve the goal of calming the mind. Hence, Lin Li would gently shake the beaker every time he tore off a petal, waiting for the peacebloom to completely integrate into the potion before judging whether the amount was enough based on the color.
After all, this was only his first concoction, unlike the Arcane Magic Potion and the Sobriety Potion, which could be judged based on experience alone.
When the seventh petal of the peacebloom was added, the juice of the Nightmare Herb in the beaker began to turn turbid. Lin Li knew that the amount of peacebloom was enough, so he took out a Tear of the Devil from his pocket.
The Tear of the Devil was a black fruit about the size of a pinky finger. It tasted bitter and astringent, and if eaten directly, it would produce all kinds of terrifying illusions. Unless one took a calming medicine, they would never be able to get rid of this illusion until they were tortured to the point of collapse.
Lin Li took out the silver knife from the Ring of Endless Storm and gently cut the skin of the Tear of the Devil. When he saw a drop of juice about to spill out, he quickly threw it into the beaker.
In a split second, a mist rose, and the potion that had fused with the juice of the Tear of the Devil immediately filled the potion lab with an intoxicating aroma. It was a rather unique smell, like an aged wine that was so thick that it could not be dissolved. It was full of a fatal temptation.
Lin Li resisted the temptation of the aroma and poured the small half of the potion into the glass bottle that he had prepared beforehand. Then, he stuffed the bottle tightly.
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