Not long ago, the Merlin Family had obtained indescribable benefits from the cooperation. They occupied almost 70% of the Ghost Valley, and there was an area very suitable for the growth of plants. The Merlin Family had designated it as a place to plant medicinal herbs. As for the rich ore veins, they also had over ten locations, each representing an unimaginable amount of wealth. Most importantly, the resources of the Ghost Valley were almost inexhaustible.
Whether it was the ore veins or the medicinal herbs, they were all born from the rich mana. And now, the Ghost Valley's mana density had increased by three times. Just recently, the Merlin Family dispatched over a dozen Great Alchemists to explore the ore veins and found some faintly glowing rocks in a few areas. That was a sign that a vein was about to form.
This was the first time Lin Yun had walked around the Ghost Valley on such a large scale. He hadn't had the time before, but now, he was finally done with his work.
After the Thawing Fire Tribe was eliminated, the Merlin Family and the Black Tower had already divided the control of the Ghost Valley and the other four forts. The Black Tower was very open-minded about the other four forts, and they directly let the Merlin Family choose two of them.
At this time, Lin Yun gradually realized that his unintentional action had brought huge benefits to the Merlin Family. Including the two forts, the Merlin Family already occupied five forts, which was equivalent to half of the northeastern part of the Raging Flame Plane. In the entire Raging Flame Plane, only the Black Tower and the Cloud Tower occupied more land than the Merlin Family.
In other words, the Merlin Family, which had originally been acting in accordance with the rules of the Raging Flame Plane, had already left all the first-rate forces of Okland, apart from the Cloud Tower and the Black Tower, far behind them.
It had only been a short three months, yet such a huge change had occurred.
And this change would bring a lot of advantages to the Merlin Family's future struggles in the Raging Flame Plane. It would inevitably snowball and make the Merlin Family's influence in the Raging Flame Plane grow bigger and bigger.
After over two hours, Lin Yun circled the Ghost Valley before returning to the place where the Demon Contract was set up. The fifty High Mages and the three Merlin cousins were meditating there.
As for the Draconic Beastman Xiuban …
Even if he wanted to meditate, it would be very difficult. Otherwise, Lin Yun wouldn't have given Xiuban the Soul of the Ancient Tree that could automatically accumulate mana without meditation. During this time, Xiuban seemed to be sleeping. He was lying on his back, bathing in the fierce sunlight, his body flickering with a kind of strange rune. His strength was changing every second, and if not for Lin Yun's Magic Array, it would have been very difficult to notice.
The current Xiuban was already a genuine Peak 9th Rank Expert Swordsman, one foot in the Sword Saint realm. Lin Yun couldn't help curling his lips, 'The Draconic Beastman wouldn't have advanced to the Sword Saint realm while sleeping, right?'
It felt like it was possible …
His gaze then fell on William Merlin's group, and an astonished expression appeared on Lin Yun's face. From those familiar mana fluctuations, he accurately judged that these three youths of the Merlin Family were already standing at the peak of the High Mage realm, they were genuine 9th Rank High Mages!
This discovery more or less surprised him. The three of them had improved too quickly ….
As for the fifty High Mages, although their progress wasn't as exaggerated as William Merlin's group, their strength was also steadily increasing. Most of them were hovering between the 2nd and 3rd Rank of the High Mage realm.
"Cousin Mafa, you are back …" Feeling those familiar mana fluctuations, William Merlin suddenly woke up from his meditation and looked at the thin silhouette not far from him.
"Yes …"
Lin Yun nodded, but just as he was about to say something, he suddenly recalled something and waved at William Merlin. "Cousin William, I need to trouble you with something …"
"Ah?" William Merlin froze for a moment before reacting and repeatedly waved his hand. "It's no trouble, no trouble …"
"It's like this …" Lin Yun thought for a bit before briefly explaining what he had to do. He then fished out a thick stack of paper from his pocket that seemed to contain something and handed it to William Merlin.
"This …"
William Merlin originally had a doubtful expression as he didn't know what Lin Yun was planning, but when he opened a corner of the paper, his expression greatly changed as he looked at Lin Yun in disbelief. "Cousin Mafa, this can't be true …"
"Go quickly and return quickly …" Lin Yun faintly smiled, not intending to explain anything.
…
At this time, a meeting was being held in the conference hall of the Flame Demon Fort. As the Commander, Thorne Merlin would call a few higher-ups of the army every once in a while to discuss all kinds of issues. Naturally, the final decision would be decided by Thorne Merlin.
But the atmosphere of today's meeting was a bit strange …
The few higher-ups participating in the meeting clearly noticed that Commander Thorne Merlin seemed a bit absent-minded when listening to their reports. That Commander was also silent during the discussions. In fact, they had discovered four or five days ago that Thorne Merlin had been preoccupied for some reason.
"Alright, that's all for today …"
Thorne Merlin's fingers heavily tapped the table, and after letting out a deep sound, he didn't say anything else. He watched as the higher-ups of the army left, leaving him alone in the spacious conference hall. Thorne Merlin softly massaged his eyebrows, but he couldn't get rid of the haze hovering in his heart.
After returning from the Winter Plane, he had been troubled by a difficult decision.
To be more precise, it was related to that young mage, Mafa Merlin.
He had always been very hostile towards that young mage. At first, he even felt that the decision of coming from the Ancestral Land was a bit foolish. A youth in his twenties without any experience in Planar Wars came to the Raging Flame Plane to serve as one of the Commanders, sharing half of his authority. What meaning could that have?
But the things that happened later changed his view of the young mage.
Under impossible circumstances, the young mage joined forces with the power of the Black Tower to capture the Ghost Valley and destroy the Thawing Fire Tribe, bringing huge benefits to the Merlin Family. From this, it could be seen that the young mage wasn't as simple as he had imagined.
Especially in the battle of the Thawing Fire Tribe's Holy Land. When the powerhouses of the two major forces and the Tribal Chief were in a deadlock, the young mage suddenly burst out and killed the Tribal Chief with the power of an 8th Rank Archmage.
At that time, he truly realized how frightening the young mage's potential was.
After all, the young mage was only a 5th Rank High Mage. In any force of the Raging Flame Plane, he could only be considered an unremarkable character. But the young mage was a freak, his true strength far surpassed his own rank.
When he discovered this, Thorne Merlin truly didn't know what to do.
'Should I keep dealing with the young mage?'
No, no, no, not to mention whether he was qualified or not, just the young mage's performance made him hesitate. Without a doubt, the young mage wasn't just a powerful powerhouse to the Merlin Family, he was an existence with hopes of reaching the Heaven Rank in the future.
He very much wanted to look for the young mage to have a good chat, but he never had the opportunity.
Following that, many things happened in the Winter Plane. First, he was besieged by a large group of Ice Field Mammoths, and then he encountered a level-38 Frost Dragon. If not for the young mage's help, he would have fallen in the Winter Plane. This caused his attitude towards the young mage to become extremely complicated.
Perhaps he really shouldn't have been targeting him previously.
The young mage didn't bicker with him because of those things and instead saved him twice.
He wasn't someone who didn't know how to be grateful.
But as he thought of this, he couldn't help recalling Aube Merlin's despairing expression after his Mana Whirlpool was crippled.
This made him feel very conflicted, and he simply couldn't let go of his grudge against the young mage.
But at this time, while he was immersed in his thoughts, he didn't notice a silhouette silently appearing in the meeting hall. "Sir Thorne …"
"Hmm?"
Hearing his name, Thorne Merlin suddenly woke up. He raised his head and saw William Merlin standing beside him. He couldn't help frowning. "Is there something you need from me?"
"Yes …"
William Merlin had a smile on his face as if he didn't care about Thorne Merlin's cold treatment. He reached into his pocket and fished something out. "I came to look for you this time to help Cousin Mafa do something. He told me to give this to you …"
"Oh?"
Thorne Merlin indifferently looked at William Merlin. Although he looked very calm, his heart was filled with doubt. Why would the young mage give him something for no reason?
His gaze couldn't help falling on the thick stack of manuscripts in William Merlin's hands. It seemed to be wrapped around something. Thorne resisted his curiosity and pointed at the table. "Put it here for now …"
After saying that, he sat there and calmly waited.
"What's wrong?" But he didn't expect to wait for half a minute. When he raised his head, he discovered that William Merlin was still standing there indifferently and was instead looking at him with a strange gaze. This made him frown, his expression somewhat gloomy.
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