[Old D doesn't have internet, so I borrowed someone else's. Sorry, I'm only posting it now. I'll only be able to move the broadband on Monday.]
There were six other mages in the room, hidden in the corner. The female official serving Ojarvis was also a Silver Sword Saint. Everyone looked at Sallin. After calculating for less than a minute, Sallin said —
"Neris knows the Ultimate Transformation Spell, but she wouldn't do such a thing."
"Why do we believe it!"
Behind Ojarvis, an old Mage spoke. Salin stared at this mage with his blue eyes. This old mage was at the end of his lifespan, yet …
He was actually a level-11 mage, but this old mage could no longer advance. His life was like a lamp without oil, with only the wick left, about to be extinguished.
Even if he advanced to level-12 now, he wouldn't be able to extend his life for half a day.
There was a condition for a mage's advancement to extend their lifespan. At the very least, the mage's vitality had to be very strong. Someone like Salin, who advanced to a Magic Shooter at a young age, would have a lifespan of more than a thousand years.
"Because I said so," Salin replied.
Ojarvis coughed and covered his mouth and nose with his hand. Salin smelled blood.
"I trust Salin. You don't have to say anything. I invited Salin here to let His Highness use Astrology to predict how the enemy infiltrated the palace."
Salin glanced at his wife's brother. This dying emperor, Ojarvis, had no negative emotions in his young eyes. He didn't even have any positive emotions. That was an abnormally stable state.
"Astrology has its limits, especially in a place like this." Salin didn't agree to Ojarvis's request to use Astrology to predict such an important matter. If the prediction was successful, his Astrology would advance to level-11.
The scary thing about Astrology was that once you started studying it, you would be sucked in. If he advanced, how could he not study the huge amount of Astrology materials in his hands?
But he didn't have time. He and Scica were still sacrificing their lives for their children. Even Scica didn't know that this terrifying Priestess skill had ended on the spot. Otherwise, Scica's lifespan would have increased a lot after advancing.
He and Shika must advance to level 11. Otherwise, they will grow old in two or three hundred years. Even if they don't die, they will become like the old magician and their lives will slowly fade away. After that, he would no longer be able to extend Salin's life.
"Salin, help Ojarvis," Rex pleaded from the side. It was too scary for someone to change into her appearance and enter the palace. If the people around him could become enemies at any time …
"Princess, it's not impossible to see through the ultimate transformation spell. You haven't met His Majesty much. If I were so familiar with Master, nobody would be able to fool me with the ultimate transformation spell," Nelis explained to Rex.
"Is it your turn to speak?" Another middle-aged mage scolded Nelis.
Salin immediately knew that something was wrong. He wanted to stop it, but it was too late. Neris's green eyes emitted a cold light, which was like something solid.
Her gray memory suddenly pierced out.
The mage didn't expect Nelis to attack in such an environment. He couldn't react in time. The old Mage behind Ojarvis suddenly released a light spell. More than a dozen pillars of light rose from the ground and locked Nelis in the middle of the pillars of light. The Gray Memory Spear repeatedly twisted and turned in the pillars of light for a long time before completely disappearing.
There was still a wound on the middle-aged mage's chest.
"Prince Salin, isn't this too much?" The old mage said to Salin.
"It's not too much at all. I brought Nelis here to help His Highness. When did he have the right to control my people?" Salin pointed at the middle-aged mage and said, "Besides, this person is a spy."
"Impossible!" The old mage's murky eyes emitted anger. He said, "This is my son."
"Your son can't be a spy? What kind of logic is this? "Nelis questioned at the side. The light pillars that trapped her had completely disappeared. Even a level-11 mage would find it hard to resist the power of the gray memory with a simple spell.
The old mage suddenly choked. From a logical point of view, this was indeed untenable. Even the angels had betrayed the gods. Why wouldn't his son betray the empire? However, he had absolute trust in his son. Although it was illogical, it was emotionally valid.
But the mage couldn't be emotional. He couldn't answer Nelis's words.
"Prince Salin, please show me the evidence, otherwise …"
"Otherwise what? Your Majesty has been poisoned. Even if you put in all your efforts, you can only live for six days. This is a week's time, which is the interval between the sun and moon in the Myers Continent. The six elements, in this time, undergo a complete fluctuation. There is no cure for this elemental poison. The most vicious thing is that His Majesty is suffering. In the pain, he may make the wrong decision, which is enough to destroy the Qinyin Empire. "
"Indeed vicious." The old mage said to Salin, "But, you said that my son is a spy. You have to give me a reason. Otherwise, I will use my life in exchange for your life. "
Salin stretched out a finger and shook it at the old mage. He said, "Your life is worthless. Don't threaten me, I will give you the answer soon. Everyone in this room has probably been detected by your level-11 lie detection, right? "
"Yes!" The old mage said proudly. Although he was very strong in defending his son, before entering the magic grid, he even used level-12 lie detection to detect his son, for fear that there was something wrong with him.
This was his loyalty to the Glücos royal family. In his blood, there was also a trace of the Glücos blood. All the royal mages were not outsiders. When an enemy appeared, they had to unite against them.
"Among the level-13 divine spells, there is a deep hypnosis spell, which is used to detect lies. This is a dark divine spell, not the ability of the God of Light. Your son is controlled by the evil god through deep hypnosis. He will only do a few special things, and under the command of the evil god's oracle, he will suddenly do something to harm His Majesty. Under normal circumstances, he doesn't know it himself. "
"Evidence!" The middle-aged mage was furious. He didn't believe what Salin said at all. In his opinion, Salin was here to seize power, and even Rex was deceived by Salin. Only God knew how this scoundrel from Scochenya had tricked the princess!
"You are a level-10 mage, it is too difficult to control you. There must be an evil medium in your body. I have only heard a little about the evil god's abilities, and I have to test it out to see if it is correct. I have already tested it just now. " Salin pointed at the middle-aged mage's feet. Only then did everyone notice that there was a golden particle under the middle-aged mage's feet.
"I released my domain the moment I entered the room. Did you think that I was demonstrating my power?"
The old mage nodded. Salin was a powerful mage, and even he felt that he couldn't suppress him. Once Salin entered the room, he released his thunder and lightning domain. This thunder and lightning domain was cultivated by Salin to be invisible and soundless. There was only the pressure of thunder and lightning, but no form of thunder and lightning.
"I used the thunder and lightning purification spell on you, but you didn't know anything. The thunder and lightning purification spell can suppress everything about the evil god. Look. "
As Salin spoke, he took out a crystal bottle. This crystal bottle contained a bottle of black fog. Salin simply released an electric current to purify the fog coming out of the bottle. Everyone saw that the fog in the bottle produced golden particles and fell into the bottle.
"This is what I obtained in Plateau City. It can be purified by various divine spells, and mage skills are also effective."
The middle-aged mage's face was pale as he said, "Did I poison Your Majesty?"
"It might not be you, but you are in this magic grid, and you can be controlled by the evil god's Oracle at any time. With the invasion of the devil's plane, many Oracles must have entered the Myers Continent. In Plateau City, I couldn't completely seal the devil … "
Salin sighed. Even if he blocked the space passage to Plateau City, it would be useless. In this Holy Rock City, there was already a space passage to the devil's plane.
All the mages used a lie detection spell on Salin, and Salin calmly accepted it. Then everyone was disappointed to find that Salin didn't lie at all.
"Deep hypnosis can also be restrained. After all, it is only a level-13 divine spell."
The middle-aged mage was dazed, as if he didn't hear what Salin said. He said to Ojarvis, "Your Majesty, what should we do?"
"What should we do?" Neris asked, puzzled. From the mage's eyes, she saw only anxiety, not fear. She thought that after being exposed by Salin, the mage would either risk his life or commit suicide, but now he was asking the emperor what should he do.
This time, the old mage gave Salin a detailed explanation. It turned out that this magic grid was not perfect, and it needed a mage with six major elements at the core to control it.
Now, the six mages in the room each specialized in a type of magic, and they had studied it to the extreme.
This was what the Qinyin Empire's royal mages had been secretly preparing. The old mage's son, the middle-aged mage specialized in earth magic, was a key figure in the control center. But he heard from Salin that he was hypnotized by the evil god's Oracle, and would do something to hurt the emperor at any time. The middle-aged mage was afraid that there would be no one to control the magic grid.
If there was no one to control the magic grid, its power would be greatly reduced, and it would at most be equivalent to a very powerful magic tower. In the attack of the devil, many magic towers had been destroyed, and no matter how powerful a magic tower was, it could not stop the devil's attack.
"Master, I have a way to prevent you from being controlled by the evil god's Oracle, but it is only temporary. And there is a requirement for the environment, "Salin said.
"What requirement?" the middle-aged mage asked urgently. The magic grid was almost ready, and the large puppet outside could hold out for a few days. When the large puppet was destroyed, the magic grid would be almost fully operational. Without him, it would be difficult to find a replacement in such a short time.
(June 11, 3rd update)
"Actually, there are two ways you can choose. The first way, I have a lightning cage, and if I put you inside, the people outside will not be able to affect you, but your movements will be restricted, and you will only be able to stay in a fixed place, and you will not be able to leave the cage."
"Then what about the second way!" The middle-aged mage's movements could not be restricted, or else it would be difficult for him to control the magic grid.
"The second way is for you to be under my control. I have a secret skill that can greatly protect your soul. At least, people below level-13 will not be able to affect you, even without me around. If I am around, even if the God of Light personally descends, he will not be able to control your soul."
"But my soul will be under your control, right?" the middle-aged mage asked with a pained expression.
"Not really, but your soul will be controlled by my skill, and I cannot force you to do anything. At most … at most, I can torture your soul forever," Salin answered honestly.
The middle-aged mage was not surprised. Salin's ability could protect the souls of others, but it required at least a layer of something similar to a shell. Once such a layer was added, his own soul would be imprisoned.
"Your Majesty, what do you think?" the middle-aged mage asked Ojavis. Originally, they had only treated Ojavis as a child, but during the invasion of the devil, these mages had been under Ojavis's command, and they had avoided many times the losses. Ojavis's temperament was the complete opposite of Emperor Chanak's, but he had the intuition and ability of a commander.
Ojavis smiled and said, "If I can save my life, I would rather let Salin control everything. Unfortunately … "
What he meant was that Salin was a trustworthy person.
The middle-aged mage fell into deep thought, and everyone looked at him. Without him, the grid could still operate, but it would be ten times more risky.
"How about this, use the Lightning Cage. Even if the enemy can penetrate the Lightning Cage to affect you, you will not be able to leave," Salin said to the middle-aged mage.
"Forget it …" The middle-aged mage was a little discouraged. "Your Highness Salin, how will being controlled by you affect me?"
"If I don't want to make use of you, you will only have benefits and no disadvantages."
"That's good. Now, I need to control the magic grid. Salin, you don't know, but this invasion of the devil is just the beginning. In Jia Loulan, another plane channel has appeared. It is a subcontinent plane. The subcontinent plane is frequently connected to other planes. Any plane that is frequently connected to the subcontinent plane can use the subcontinent plane as a springboard to attack the Myers Continent. "
"What do you think?" Although Salin asked this, he was looking at the old mage.
The old mage gritted his teeth. The middle-aged mage was his only son, and he had spent a lot of effort to raise him since he was young. Now that he was going to die, he had at most a few more years to live. After he died, there would be no one to protect his son. What was worse was that before he died, he would have to watch his son's soul being controlled.
A mage's soul being controlled was equivalent to losing everything forever.
The lack of freedom of the soul was more than the fear of death.
The old mage looked at his son, and the middle-aged mage was obviously a little discouraged. The old mage suddenly said, "If you don't like it, don't do it."
"No, Father, this time, even if I don't like it, I have to do it."
"Good!" Salin suddenly said loudly, "I will sign a contract with you. In the future, I will absolutely not use this skill to force you to do anything."
"Really!?" The old mage asked nervously.
Salin took out a dragon-hide magic scroll and said, "Am I very sincere?"
The six royal mages looked at the blank dragon skin scroll that Salin took out and didn't know what to say. Some of them even thought, should I use my own scroll in exchange? This Salin was really too wasteful. But using a dragon skin scroll, the effect of magic was dozens of times stronger than a normal scroll. This showed that Salin was really sincere and had no intention of forcing this mage.
The middle-aged mage said to Salin gratefully, "In that case, please write a double contract. In my lifetime, I will absolutely not do anything that is detrimental to you and your country. Even if it is the slightest bit related to you, I will stand on your side. "
Salin nodded. This was the result he wanted. Moreover, although the dragon skin scroll seemed powerful, it actually had a magic backdoor. If this mage was to harm him in the future, Salin still had a way to deal with him.
Salin took out a piece of the Eternal Control Fragment that he had refined. Under everyone's gaze, Salin first inserted the fragment into the middle-aged mage's head. Then, he began to write the scroll.
As he wrote the scroll, the mages' eyes turned red again. Salin used a bottle of real dragon's blood to write the contract.
Alright, since Salin was so rich, he must not be plotting anything.
The mages fell into a misunderstanding. When a person used 100 gold coins to buy an item worth one gold coin, they might be tempted by 10,000 gold coins.
Although Salin's dragon blood was precious, it was exchanged with the Iron Blood Grand Duke's Magic Furnace. The two exchanged what they needed, and their items were things that could not be measured with money.
Salin's goal was the magic grid. He knew that even if he was the prince of the Qinyin Empire, he still could not take away everything here. This magic grid was the core of the Qinyin Empire. Here, even if there were only six level-10 mages presiding over it, they could still resist the endless attacks of the demon army.
Speaking of which, the Holy Kingdom's Knights of the Holy Church were really wronged. They didn't even get to the walls of Holy Rock City before they all died. If they knew that the Qinyin Empire had something like the magic grid, they would probably lose the courage to attack.
On the back of the dragon skin scroll were pieces of tempered dragon scales.
The middle-aged mage wrote his name on it — Isenberg. Then, he watched as a piece of dragon scale at the back of the scroll turned into ashes. Once the contract was completed, even if there was a conflict between Salin and the Qinyin Empire in the future, he would not target Salin.
All of this seemed to be for freedom, but also seemed to be not. Isenberg was in a daze for a moment. He did not know if his insistence was right or wrong.
"Whether it's right or wrong, since you've made your choice, go on. I will not exert any influence on you, Isenberg. From now on, at least you don't have to worry about someone controlling your soul. "
Rex watched Salin do all this, and let out a long sigh in his heart. The little mage from back then was no longer here. The current Salin was already the ruler of a nation. Although his methods were still immature compared to his father's, he could take on his responsibilities.
It was just that back then, the mage who maintained his dignity and carefully approached him, would he never be able to see him again?
That little mage was cautious and stuck to his pitiful principles. In order to survive, he kept exploring and becoming stronger. When did he disappear, and was replaced by the current Salin? Metatlin.
Salin turned back and glanced at Rex. His blue eyes were very pure, as if there were only elements left, and no other impurities.
Rex smiled at Salin. She knew Salin too well. At this time, Salin had probably made a lot of decisions, and there was no turning back for each one.
Just like back then, when he signed the contract with Goddess Myers, even though he knew it was an extremely difficult path, Salin still chose to accept it. After accepting it, he thought of ways to resist fate. It seemed a little ridiculous, but this was Salin.
They could only go on together. He had chosen Salin, and there was no turning back.
Rex said, "You guys go out. I have something to say to Salin."
Ojarvis nodded. The six mages and the court lady all left the room. Salin came to the bedside, sat on the floor, and looked at the emperor of the Qinyin Empire.
Ojarvis looked at Salin. His pupils were so red that they looked like they were about to drip blood.
"Salin, don't tell me you have a way to treat me, and only need my soul?" Ojarvis joked.
"Your Majesty, elemental poisons have different levels. The poison you've been poisoned has infected your soul. Even if I have such a method, I can't bear to see Your Majesty suffer. I know a person whose soul was imprisoned in a puppet for hundreds of thousands of years. "
"The truth is always hard to accept, my sister, don't you think so?" Ojarvis saw that Rex wanted to stop Salin, so he said.
"Yes, I know that too," Rex replied, gritting her teeth.
"That's good. My sister, your husband, Prince Salin, wants my magic grid. Tell me, should I give it to him? "Ojarvis's words were shocking.
Rex looked at Salin in surprise. She had a vague feeling, but since Ojarvis said it, it meant that his intuition was working. Salin actually wanted something from his family? This magic grid belonged to Holy Rock City. Even if he became the emperor, he had no right to give it away.
Salin didn't expect his idea to be exposed by Ojarvis, but he wasn't embarrassed. He just smiled lightly and said, "Your Majesty, I want to transfer the magic grid to the floating city. That way, the magic grid can be used to its greatest effect. You're not a mage, but Rex is. She should be able to understand. "
"My sister can understand, but I'm afraid she won't!" Ojarvis said meaningfully.
"If she won't, then forget it. I can always ask how this thing is made. At most, I can build one myself," Salin replied casually. He saw a rare sadness in Rex's eyes.
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