The old man's voice was very soft, and his steps weren't fast. He had a thin body and a head full of white hair. He looked no different from an ordinary old man.
But after the old man's words, the entire lobby of the Gilded Rose quieted down. The gales no longer whistled, the mana no longer flowed, and the tense atmosphere instantly disappeared. Even time seemed to have frozen. That kind of feeling could only be understood after personally experiencing it.
He looked like an ordinary old man, but he had an indescribable magic about him. Just by walking down the stairs, he made people feel a boundless pressure.
"Hmm?" Although Lin Yun was only a 5th Rank Great Mage, he was the most sensitive to the flow of mana and the changes in mana elements. Lin Yun, who was under that boundless pressure, immediately noticed that this pressure didn't come from the old man himself, but rather from the power of the world itself.
Lin Yun immediately understood. This was probably the legendary Extraordinary Power.
Star Sage Joy was already an existence that was only a step away from the Heaven Rank. Although he hadn't truly grasped Extraordinary Power, his understanding of it already surpassed all Archmages. The mana fluctuations he was emitting had a faint trace of Extraordinary Power.
Lin Yun had experienced the power of a peak Archmage in the world of the Book of Death, but it was the first time Lin Yun felt that Extraordinary Power that was infinitely close to the Heaven Rank and could destroy the world with a wave of his hand. That was a terrifying power that didn't belong to the mortal world.
At this time, the old man that had already touched upon Extraordinary Power slowly walked down the stairs and stood in the lobby of the Gilded Rose, emitting boundless pressure. Even Cadgar and Sauss, who were the furthest away, felt suffocated.
As for Hoen, who was bearing the brunt of it, there was no need to mention him.
At this time, that 9th Rank High Mage's hand was still tightly holding onto his magic staff, maintaining the Wind Python's spell guiding gesture, but his square face had already become distorted. It was a strange expression mixed with anger, shock, doubt, and fear.
It was as if a mysterious power had extracted all kinds of expressions and placed them on Hoen's face.
At this moment, Horn was completely dumbfounded. He stared blankly at Joey. Apart from shock and fear, there was also a tinge of innocence in his eyes.
Indeed, Hoen truly felt that he was innocent.
That feeling was like walking at night and singing a few lines to attract a wolf. Hoen truly couldn't understand. He had only mentioned Sir Joy's name to advise Solomon not to get involved. How could he be so unlucky as to attract Sir Joy?
"Did you just say that no one can save Merlin?" Joy casually stood there, and his first words didn't contain any anger.
But Hoen's face was deathly pale, and beads of cold sweat were dripping down his forehead. The previously dignified 9th Rank High Mage was so scared that he couldn't even say a word in front of Joy.
Joy had taken over the Cloud Tower three hundred years ago. During these three hundred years, Joy had almost single-handedly brought the Cloud Tower to the peak of the Andalusia Kingdom. Even the powerful Black Tower with its Gaugass Battlemages didn't make Joy retreat half a step. To every mage of the Cloud Tower, Joy's status could be said to be supreme. Their feelings for Joy could already be described as fear and respect.
It was hardly an exaggeration to say that Joy was the only God in the Cloud Tower!
Now, the only God of the Cloud Tower was standing in front of him. Even if there was no anger in his words, Hoen was still scared speechless.
"If Solomon doesn't have the qualifications to order you, then I should have the qualifications to order you, right?" This was the second sentence Joy said. Compared to the first sentence, Joy slightly frowned this time.
Then, Hoen thoroughly collapsed.
"I'm sorry, Sir Joy, I didn't know that you and Mafa Merlin …" Hoen almost burst into tears on the spot.
At this time, Hoen already knew that Leon had suffered a loss for nothing. Let alone the fact that Mafa Merlin was quite powerful, even if he was an ordinary person, as long as he had the protection of Sir Joy, he wouldn't be someone that Leon could handle.
'No, no, no, this isn't a matter of suffering a loss.'
If Mafa Merlin held a grudge and said a few words in front of Sir Joy, then let alone Leon, even Hoen, a 9th Rank High Mage, would suffer misfortune together with Leon.
Hoen didn't dare to think about it anymore. He only hoped that Mafa Merlin wouldn't keep pursuing the matter. As for Mana Shackles and magic materials, Hoen had long since forgotten about them.
But Hoen hadn't expected that the frowning Sir Joy's expression would sink after hearing his words.
"What? You think I'm siding with Merlin?"
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant, Sir Joy, please listen to my explanation …" Hoen almost peed his pants on the spot and shook his head to explain.
Sir Joy actually used the word "siding"!
If news of this spread, he would immediately become the public enemy of the Cloud Tower!
"Alright, Hoen, you don't need to explain anything. I watched you grow up, how could I not know what you are thinking? Do you think that I'm personally protecting Merlin? Do you think that I'm forcing you to agree? "
"No, no, no … Sir Joy, I really didn't mean that, please … Please listen to my explanation, okay?" Hoen was so anxious that he almost cried. Every word Joy said made Hoen's heart jump. Siding, forcing, this was like a slap to Hoen's face.
Moreover, Hoen didn't even dare to dodge.
Apart from trying to explain incoherently, he couldn't even say a complete sentence.
"Idiot!" Joey finally couldn't help but curse, "Don't you f * cking understand that I'm saving you!"
"Ah?"
At this time, let alone the incoherent Hoen, even Cadgar, Sauss, Monchi, and the others, who had their own thoughts, opened their mouths wide. At this time, they even wondered if they had misheard. 'Sir Joy just said … Saving you?'
'This, this, this … What's going on?'
In a battle where a 9th Rank High Mage was crushing a 5th Rank Great Mage, how could there be such a thing as "saving you"?
At this time, the three of them had the same thought, 'Could it be that Sir Joy made a mistake?'
"You don't quite believe me?" Joy coldly looked at Hoen.
Although this 9th Rank High Mage didn't seem unwilling, the doubt in his eyes already exposed Hoen's thoughts.
Indeed, Hoen didn't believe it, he didn't believe it at all.
He was a genuine 9th Rank High Mage. Although he wasn't as powerful as Solan of the Black Tower, there shouldn't be any mishaps when dealing with a 5th Rank Great Mage.
Even if that 5th Rank Great Mage was a lot stronger than he seemed, he shouldn't be strong enough to contend against a 9th Rank High Mage, right?
'That's right, this Mafa Merlin did defeat Leon, but Leon is only a 1st Rank High Mage. Compared to a 9th Rank High Mage, they are two completely different worlds. No matter how careless I was, I shouldn't have been defeated by such a young mage, right?'
"It looks like you really don't believe it …" Joy looked at Hoen for a long time before looking at Lin Yun. "Merlin, tell me, can you defeat Hoen?"
"I can't …" Lin Yun didn't think too much about it and directly shook his head.
Hearing Lin Yun 'words, the group in the lobby sighed in relief for some reason. Monchi, who had wanted to take advantage of the situation, was fine. After all, the stronger Lin Yun was, the worse it would be for Monchi. But even Cadgar and Sauss, who had always had a good relationship with Lin Yun, were like this.
This was enough to show how shocking Joy's words were.
"Tell me the truth …" Joy didn't even bat an eyelid.
"I really can't …" Lin Yun firmly shook his head, but after a while, he added, "But High Mage Hoen will definitely die."
"…" Everyone in the lobby of the Gilded Rose held their breaths when they heard this.
"I will definitely die?" Hoen's lungs almost burst from anger when he heard this.
'Where does a 5th Rank Great Mage get his confidence from? He actually dares to say that a 9th Rank High Mage will die? Even if Sir Joy is behind you, you shouldn't be this confident, right?'
"Hoen, shut up …" Joey stared blankly for a moment. After berating Hoen, he frowned slightly. After about ten seconds of silence, the Star Sage actually nodded. "That's right, Hoen will definitely die. If Saruman and I didn't come down, you and Hoen would've died in five minutes at most …"
"Hmm." Lin Yun nodded and didn't say anything else.
This time, the people standing in the hall, including Horn and Leon, suddenly couldn't calm down. Although they could understand every word of the conversation between the old and the young, why couldn't they understand it when they put it together?
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