What Rafel said made Tuman very upset, but Rafel looked too innocent. Furthermore, what she said puzzled Tuman.
Saleen taking care of angels? A mage taking care of the weapons of gods?
Then again, he looked at the metal angels behind Rafel and found them to be ridiculously powerful. He thought they were Saleen's puppets, but from the looks of it, the ones with metal wings were actually angels.
"Alright." Saleen looked exasperated and had Rafel stay outside with the 200 metal angels. Rafel flashed a victorious smile and waved her fist at Tuman.
Nailisi glared at Rafel. She should have been the one to do it.
However, Saleen was going to enter the magic cube, and Nailisi was not going to be separated from Saleen. Saleen's exasperation was only for show. If the mages of Holy Rock City were to play any tricks with Rafel outside, they would have to be wary of the level 13 archangel.
"Let's go, Nailisi," Saleen called and took Nailisi with him, following Tuman into the magic cube.
It looked like a common building. Saleen was unable to see powerful elemental vibrations in the magic cube. There were only regular halls, corridors, and rooms. It was like a city building for the lowest rung of society. It was mediocre, without any distinguishing features, and without any decorations.
However, Saleen's Elemental Eye was able to see some of the cube's secrets. All of the rooms were actually much closer to each other than they looked.
Optical illusions were difficult to detect in magic. Even if mental powers were used to investigate, there would be deviations, unless one closed their eyes and completely shut off their visual abilities. Humans were able to see things when they closed their eyes. It was something that mages had researched.
"Master, this is a strange place." Nailisi had never put her weapon away. She still had the Sword of Rules at her waist.
"How so?"
"Rules. Different rules …"
It was only then that Saleen realized that every room he had passed through in the corridor represented a region. The rules within each region were different. The differences were subtle, and Saleen had yet to completely master the characteristics of the rules, which was why he was unable to detect them. Nailisi, however, was able to detect the subtle differences through the Sword of Rules.
The Sword of Rules would reflect the characteristics of each area to Nailisi when they passed through each door.
Tuman held back his surprise. Although there were many secrets in this grid, no Mage would be able to discover any of them immediately upon entering.
Saleen took the opportunity to begin experiencing the subtle differences between rules. There were countless laws in this world, but they all had different levels. Saleen's lightning rules were considered to be of a very high level, and the rules of energy balance were about the same. However, there were some rules that only existed under certain special circumstances. Such rules were called secondary rules.
In the magic lattice, most of the rules were secondary rules that only existed in special environments. However, when combined together, the changes produced were very strange. It was as if this lattice was another world, and when one mastered the rules, they would be the supreme existence in this lattice.
He could fully display his combat prowess and allow himself to become the master of the rules.
That was the power of the magic cube. The mages in each room not only possessed elemental power, but also nomological power.
These rules were easy to grasp, but once the mage left the room, he would not be able to make this ability his own. This was similar to the Magic Net, but it was even more powerful.
Saleen was tempted. If possible, he wanted to build a magic cube on the Floating City.
It was very difficult to increase the power of the Magic Net. At the current stage, Saleen was able to let mages cast level-10 and even level-11 spells. However, no matter how much the Magic Net was increased, it would not be able to cast level-13 spells. That was because the mental powers of the enchanters could not be increased any further.
Of course, through special training, the mental powers of the enchanters would continue to accumulate and advance, just like mages. However, the speed at which they did so would not have any advantage.
In other words, the Magic Net was a powerful existence at the current stage, but the magic cube allowed mages to master rules as soon as they entered. Even the weakest power of rules would be able to increase a mage's combat prowess to the theoretical pinnacle.
For example, Saleen's mental powers were higher than Rafel's. The combat prowess he was able to bring to bear in the magic cube was no different from Rafel's, or even stronger.
If the magic cube and the Magic Net were to be combined, a monster that had never existed in human history would be born.
I have to get my hands on this magic cube!
Nailisi immediately knew what Saleen was thinking. She put on a curious look and asked Tuman, "Master, when was this magic cube built?"
"It was built at the same time as Holy Rock City. It was only barely possible to build it in an elemental stable environment like Holy Rock City. It took hundreds of years. There were even royal mages who believed that if it had not been for the magic cube being built, the Qin Empire would have unified Myers Mainland long ago. "
Tuman did not suspect anything. Saleen would become a prince of the empire very soon, and he would have a share of the magic cube as well.
It took Tuman more than half an hour to take Saleen to the center of the grid after going up layer after layer of grids. It was a building that looked like a tall tower. To be precise, it was a thick pillar. Rooms were carved out of the pillar, and the passageways of every room were connected to the exterior by stone bridges.
If one were to talk about the structure of the building, it seemed that one would be able to get there from any of the entrances. However, Saleen knew that if it had not been for Tuman leading the way, he would have only been able to jump between different cubes. It was like how mages experimented with magic beasts. The magic beasts would have run until they died in a magic maze.
Tuman pointed at the stone bridge in front and said, "Your highness, we'll reach Viscountess Lex's room after we pass through here."
"Why is there no one guarding it?" Nailisi asked, feeling puzzled.
"Saleen is here. Come on in. Without my permission, you won't be able to cross this bridge." Lex's voice was heard from the room on the other side of the bridge.
"Your highness, I can't enter here," Tuman rushed Saleen.
Saleen nodded and stepped onto the bridge. The bridge was cold. If it had not been for Saleen's proficiency in water flame alchemy and his high resistance to low temperatures, he would have been frozen into a block of ice as soon as he stepped onto the bridge.
Nailisi raised her eyebrows and was about to attack. Saleen stopped her and said, "Lex is afraid that someone will impersonate us, so she wants to test it out. Only when the two of us cross this bridge will she have a familiar reaction."
Nailisi then lowered the tip of her spear and followed Saleen to the other side of the bridge.
The bridge was only tens of meters long. When Saleen walked on it, there was heavy fog on both sides. He was only able to see the path ahead. There was a layer of elementite on the bridge. While the elementite was only level 12, there was a huge amount of it. The only magic power in the elementite was that it prevented any acceleration spells from being used.
Saleen could only walk on his own two feet. If he was in a hurry, he would have had to run.
He walked for more than ten miles. The distance between Saleen's steps was fixed. He did not need to calculate to know how far he had walked.
Saleen crossed the bridge quickly even though he was unable to use acceleration skills. Nailisi impatiently summoned the nightmares she had hidden in her Notes of Purgatory. She and Saleen each got on a horse and sped across the bridge.
After crossing the bridge, it looked like a balcony in a noble's garden. The platform was wide, and there were some magic plants planted there. Saleen saw Lex sitting by the bed and looking at a young man through the window.
The young man's face was frighteningly pale, but his eyes were as red as blood. He looked vaguely similar to Rex. Even though he did not have much energy left, he was still smiling at Lex. He was smiling very happily.
"Lex, Saleen is here. I can die now," Ojarvis said softly.
"Why are you saying such things? Don't you know that you're the only family I have left?" Lex said to her brother in a reproachful tone.
"Uncle and a few cousins." Ojarvis was a bit out of breath when he finished. The female officer at his side quickly took a jade cup and let Ojarvis drink a mouthful of magic liquid.
The young emperor of the Qin Empire was unable to eat anything at the moment. He was relying on magic liquid concocted by level seven magic to stay alive.
"Uncle doesn't see me as his niece." Lex did not want to upset her brother, but she still spoke the truth. The conflict between her and her uncle was not just about the throne. Lex wanted mages to be in charge, but Safilos only trusted the sword in his hand.
The military was the core of a country. That was Safilos' thinking.
Safilos agreed to Lex becoming emperor, but that did not mean that he would not oppose her rule. If Lex insisted on doing something, he had the right to impeach her.
Arbola was not the only force in the Golden Plains. The Grukos' rule lasted for thousands of years and gave birth to countless powerful ones. Those people would naturally form small communities, each of them holding the lifelines of the empire.
The people of Golden Plains would not be content to lie low.
Saleen took Nailisi and went around the window, entering the room through a small door at the side. The room was very hot when the velvet curtains were opened. There was a fire magic array laid on the ground, which continued to radiate high temperatures.
Ojarvis smiled at Saleen and said, "I'm sorry, but my body can no longer withstand any cold. If it wasn't for this magic array, my blood would have frozen on its own. "
"You're poisoned!" Saleen was shocked. Ojarvis might have been weak, but he was still the emperor of an empire. There were more mages protecting him than Saleen's followers.
It would have been too difficult to poison Ojarvis, and the price to pay would have been too high.
"Yeah, I'm poisoned. It was my sister who did it to me." Ojarvis blinked at Saleen.
Saleen shook his head. Lex smiled at him and said rather tiredly, "Someone used Ultimate Shapeshifting to take on my appearance and sneak into the palace to meet Ojarvis."
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