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Before Sei Itō could react, several invisible forces appeared on his body like ropes and bound his limbs together.
Sei Itō, who had no idea where the attack came from, tried his best to break free from the shackles while looking around for the source of the attack. Soon, Sei Itō locked his gaze on the shadow he left on the ground diagonally below him. Around the shadow, there were several tentacle-like dark substances drilling into his shadow.
When Sei Itō found the source of the attack and was about to call for help, he suddenly felt his body become heavy and quickly fell to the ground. However, Sei Itō's flying method was not the flying spell used by magicians. Instead, it was the effect of telekinesis. In terms of weight, it was much heavier than the flying spell. Therefore, after falling for a short distance, he once again hovered in the air.
"What a great battle technique. He actually used the defensive [Stone Body] spell to attack in this situation. Looks like he's an experienced fighter." Sei Itō thought as he hovered in the air.
Since he knew that the opponent was an expert, Sei Itō did not dare to hesitate. He immediately activated his spiritual domain and began to remove the invisible shackles on his body.
Under the dual impact of the spiritual domain and his powerful physical strength, the invisible shackles on Sei Itō's body shattered with a bang, allowing Sei Itō to regain his freedom.
"First, it's the necromancy spell. Then, it's the curse and illusion spells when I counterattack. Then, it's the shadow spell with the dark element … Is it a wizard or a sorcerer? "Sei quickly landed on the ground. Itō Sei thought to himself. While guarding his shadow so that it would not be used by the enemy, his eyes wandered around to search for the enemy's figure. At the same time, his hands quickly formed a series of hand seals.
A second later, the hand sign was completed.
"Wood Release: World of Flowers and Trees!"
In an instant, a large number of dark green vines emerged from the ground within a radius of more than 20 meters with Ito as the center. They quickly grew and thickened as if they had been mutated by nuclear radiation. They turned into towering trees with deep roots and dense leaves standing on the ground. Then, new green teeth grew out from the trunks of the trees and grew to the size of a fist in the blink of an eye. Like a mature flower bud, it suddenly bloomed and released a large number of pink particles. The particles scattered around the area formed by the Wood Release, making the whole forest look like a fairyland full of illusionary colors.
Sei Itō's body changed after he finished Wood Release: World of Flowers and Trees, he turned into a wooden figure slowly merged into the trunk.
"Let me see where you're hiding." Itō Sei's senses were integrated with the entire forest formed by Mokuton, and he was observing the situation in the forest.
"There's nothing!?" A moment later. Sei Itō, who had observed the scene in the forest, frowned and said, "Did they retreat?"
"From the looks of it, the opponent is an assassin."
Thinking of this, Sei Itō knew that he would not be able to find the opponent's figure if he continued to stay here. He might even be blocked by the opponent's possible reinforcements. Sei Itō immediately withdrew the Yang attribute life energy that supported the survival of the trees, making the forest formed by Wood Release quickly withered and cracked. With a cracking sound, countless pieces of wood and sawdust scattered on the ground.
Sei Itō, who reappeared, waved his hand, and a big fire appeared on the pile of wood and sawdust on the ground out of thin air, igniting them and carrying out the final act of destroying the corpse.
Then Sei Itō didn't even look at the burning, and the sky was illuminated by the red fire. He directly used Taoist Earth Release to hide underground again, and rushed back to the town where he rented the horse.
The speed of Earth Release was much faster than the galloping speed of the horse. Therefore, after a while, Sei Itō once again appeared in the town where the public teleportation circle was located. In order to avoid some unnecessary trouble, Sei Itō took the initiative to find the horse rental company and paid the compensation for the two horses at the contract price. Then, he took the confirmation document and quickly walked to the public teleportation circle, paid the fee, and teleported to the street where the real Betty lived.
Sei Itō's sight changed rapidly. The next moment, the street was neat and clean, and the architectural style was very similar to the European style of World War II. However, at this time, Sei Itō, who was concerned about Betty's specific situation, was not in the mood to browse at all. He stepped out of the public teleportation circle and walked quickly to Betty's residence.
A few minutes later, Sei Itō arrived in front of a European-style compound villa and pressed his hand on the prompt magic circle on the side of the door frame. But after waiting for more than ten seconds, he didn't see Betty's voice reply or no message from the magic circle.
Seeing this, Sei Itō didn't hesitate. He immediately locked his eyes on the door in front of him and carefully observed the defense and counterattack enchantment on the door.
Although Sei Itō didn't have a comprehensive understanding of the magic circle system in the Demonic Realm, with his current level of strength, he basically understood the principle of "everything is connected to one". With the knowledge he currently had and the breadth of his basic understanding of the magic circle system in the Demonic Realm, he quickly found the energy node of the enchantment on the door. He reached out his index finger that was filled with energy and quickly tapped on the node.
"Pa!" In an instant, a soft noise sounded, and the magic enchantment on the door of Betty's apartment immediately lost its effect. Other than an ordinary lock, the door was exposed in front of Sei Itō.
Sei Itō, who had broken into people's houses countless times, opened the door skillfully, pushed the door open, and walked into the apartment. He quickly searched for Betty's figure.
Although Betty's apartment was very big, more than 100 square meters, and it was divided into many rooms such as the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, living room, guest room, balcony, study, magic lab, and so on, except for the magic lab which had extremely high magic protection and couldn't be easily entered, there was basically no magic protection in the other places. So in less than a minute, Sei Itō found a pale face in the study. Betty Arnold was lying on the ground with her breathing weak, giving people the feeling that her life force was weak.
Sei Itō, who finally found the person, quickly walked to Betty Arnold's side and squatted down. He carefully checked Betty's physical condition.
Other than a weak heartbeat, there are no external injuries, but her mind power is chaotic and disorderly. There are signs of mind-reading, soul-searching, and other mind-related secret spells … No wonder that guy disguised himself so well, Sei Itō thought to himself, frowning slightly. Then, he used his mind to put Betty Arnold into the Rubik's Cube world. He stood up and quickly left Betty Arnold's apartment. After reactivating the defense enchantment on the door, he walked straight into the public teleportation portal and hurried to the street where Ingrid Raphael lived. He quickly walked toward her house.
A few minutes later, Sei Itō arrived at the door of Ingrid Raphael's apartment. He reached out and triggered the reminder array on the door frame.
"Who is it?" The next moment, Ingrid's slightly lazy voice sounded from the array.
Seeing that Ingrid was fine, Sei Itō exhaled softly and replied with a smile, "Phew, it's me, Chen."
"Oh, wait a minute," Ingrid replied. Then, the light of the reminder array dimmed.
"Creak …" About half a minute later. With a soft sound, Ingrid, who was dressed very casually, opened the door and walked out. Then, as if Sei Itō was not an outsider, she turned around and said without greeting him, "Come in."
Sei Itō, who had been here countless times, did not stand on ceremony and immediately stepped into the room. He casually closed the door again.
"I think I heard you exhaling softly just now. What's the matter?" Ingrid, who had personally poured a cup of tea for Sei Itō, suddenly asked.
"You're quite attentive." Sei Itō took the cup and put it on the coffee table in front of him with a bitter smile. Then, he looked at Ingrid, who was sitting opposite him and said, "You've heard about the attack in front of Merlin University's library, right?"
"Of course, I read the Magic Daily every day." Ingrid rolled her eyes at Sei Itō charmingly and chuckled. Then, she asked with some doubt, "But what does this have to do with what you want to do?"
"It does, it has a lot to do with it." Sei Itō sighed helplessly, "The main character of the attack was me."
"You!?" Ingrid looked at Sei Itō with a face full of astonishment. After all, the Magic Daily clearly stated that the strength of both parties involved in the battle was above the level of a 1-star mage, and there might even be a 2-star mage involved. This was completely inconsistent with the strength of an official mage that Sei Itō had shown. If Sei Itō was not lying to her, it meant that he had reached the level of a 1-star mage, or at least a 2-star mage on par with her. In terms of speed of improvement, Ingrid was even more shocked than the fact that he was the one who had been attacked.
"Then your level …" Ingrid hurriedly asked.
"I'm sorry that I lied to you. According to the general level of the outside world, my strength is at rank A." Sei Itō looked at Ingrid sincerely and explained, "But my magic level is real. When I hired you as my magic consultant, my real magic level was only at the level of an apprentice, and I had only been in contact with magic for less than a week."
"No wonder, no wonder your magic level has improved so quickly." Ingrid said with some relief. However, she still had a bit of a grudge against Sei Itō for hiding his strength. This could be seen from the way she inadvertently restrained the smile on her face and became more serious.
"Okay, I understand the situation. So, why are you here today?" Ingrid nodded and looked at Sei Itō.
"Just now, I was attacked by a two-star Magus or Warlock. Moreover, the other party was very cautious and did not reveal his true appearance. The other party had been using Betty Arnold's face to fight with me." Although Sei Itō saw the subtle change in Ingrid's attitude, he did not immediately repair the relationship between the two. Instead, he continued to explain the business that he wanted to talk about.
"Betty Arnold? The woman who became your magic consultant along with me? "Ingrid asked with a frown.
"Yes." Sei Itō nodded and continued to explain, "After the battle with the attacker, I immediately went to Betty's apartment to check on her condition. Fortunately, the attacker did not seem to have any intention of killing unrelated people, so Betty was still alive when I arrived."
"But now that you're here with me, and you're obviously relieved, does that mean something happened to Betty?" After hearing this, Ingrid realized that Sei Itō seemed to care about her, so she immediately felt a lot better. The emotions that she was feeling because of Sei Itō's deception faded a lot. However, since they were talking about an injured person, Ingrid did not show a charming smile on her face. Instead, she continued to frown and said.
"Yes, Betty might have been affected by the mind reading or soul searching spell. Her mental state is very chaotic, and she needs to rest and mental treatment to recover." Sei Itō nodded and explained.
"So after I sent her to an absolutely safe place, I left and rushed to your place. I was worried that something might have happened to you." After saying this, Sei Itō got up from the sofa, walked around the coffee table, and sat down beside Ingrid. He reached out and held her hands in his palms, and looked at Ingrid with a sincere expression.
Perhaps because she was touched by this sentence, or because they were still in a relationship, Ingrid did not pull her hands out and let Sei Itō hold them. She raised her head and looked at Sei Itō quietly with her dark brown eyes.
"Fortunately, you're okay. Otherwise, I would definitely feel very guilty." Sei Itō held Ingrid's hands with one hand and stretched out his other hand to hug Ingrid's shoulder. He let Ingrid's head rest on his shoulder and said with relief.
"Can you tell me who attacked you and why?" Ingrid asked while leaning in Sei Itō's arms.
"It's the Roman Orthodox Church, and the reason seems to be that I'm blasphemous." Sei Itō frowned and complained, "But damn it, I don't even know what blasphemous I've done! I was suddenly attacked by the Roman Orthodox Church, and they didn't even give me a chance to explain. Damn it. "
"So just in case, I want to ask you, are you willing to come with me?" Sei Itō calmed down and looked down at Ingrid in his arms.
"But I think it's much safer to stay in the Magic Realm than to go with you. What do you think?" Ingrid gently broke free from Sei Itō's arms and said softly with a gentle smile on her face.
"And if the attacker was only a two-star sorcerer, I might not have failed." Ingrid said with a smile as she reached out and touched Sei Itō's cheek.
"That is to say, you don't plan to stay with me and will continue to stay in the Devil's Realm?" Ito Sei pressed his palm against Ingrid's hand on his cheek and looked at her.
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