Beside the sewage cesspool

Link walked back to the pa.s.sage and took down the spatial barrier .

"How is it?" Lannie asked .

Link didn't say a word but stepped aside, letting Lannie see the headless black and blue demon corpse lying in the pa.s.sage entrance .

Lannie exhaled slowly and unclenched her fist . She said excitedly, "Master Link, you're amazing!"

Behind her, the Yabba people were too happy for words . Many cried in relief . On their way here, one brave Warrior after another had stood up against it, but none manage to kill it . The demon would appear like a specter of death, and every time it appeared, the Warriors were forced to use their strongest suicidal attacks in an attempt to take it down .

Everyone had been despondent .

Now that the demon was dead, it felt like a large weight was lifted from their hearts . Some people ran past Link and stopped next to the demon, kicking and hitting its corpse, crying all the while . Many others ran up to Link and knelt before him, thanking him .

There was a mother that walked over with her child and said emotionally, "Lord, my child is only half a year old . His father died in battle and never got the chance to give him a name . Would you please name this child?"

Link knelt down and looked at the child not much bigger than his fist . The infant was not in good condition . Perhaps he was frightened from the battle, or perhaps, being on the run, his mother could not take proper care of him . Link reached out and touched the child's skin . The infant's body was burning hot . The baby's face was also twisted in pain, as though it wanted to cry but couldn't . It must have been suffering .

Thinking for a moment, he placed his hand on the infant's head and channeled in some Dragon Power . This Dragon Power could greatly increase one's vitality . Instantly, the infant's expression calmed down . Then, Link cut a slit on his finger and drew out some blood which he used to draw a complex pattern on the infant's head .

He was not able to use any spells . Nonetheless, his blood was very dense with power . The inscriptions he made would definitely have a large effect .

It was as though the infant could feel much more comfortable . Its crystal-like eyes opened wide, and it moved its body, turning towards its mother's chest . It was hungry .

"What a cute little thing," Link said gently . "He will be the hope of the future . We shall call him Fain . "

"Many thanks, Lord," The Yabba mother said, before moving to the side .

It was now time to settle important matters . Link asked Lannie, "What about delivering the message?"

Lannie slapped her forehead . "Oh right! I almost forgot . Master Green should know what to do, come with me . "

Lannie grabbed Link's hand and ran forward with her short legs until she exited the pa.s.sage .

Magician Green was resting by the side of the cesspool . When he saw Link, he quickly got up to greet him .

Lannie was like a little bird . She chattered on continuously, telling Magician Green all about Link's intentions .

When she was done, Magician Green asked Link, "Are there really so few of the Black Army left outside Lariel?"

Link nodded . "I realized this when I came here . The truth is, three days ago, Orida fortress was engaged in a b.l.o.o.d.y battle . The alliance killed 80,000 Dark Elves and 40,000 demons . Of course, we had great losses as well . Right now, we are only left with about 10,000 Warriors . We are surrounded on all sides by the remaining demons . . . We need reinforcements urgently . "

Magician Green slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "If only we knew that there were so few people outside the city! We wouldn't have stayed holed up inside . We must quickly get this news through the barrier . There's no time to waste!"

He thought for a moment and said, "If we want to pa.s.s the news into the city, we need to use the statues . There should be many left in the outer districts . "

Link knew about this method too, but unfortunately, most of the statues had already been destroyed completely . That level of destruction was not something that could be fixed easily .

Link said helplessly, "Unfortunately, I don't think that will work . Before we came here, we saw that many of the statues were already destroyed .

Lannie also nodded, "All the statues are destroyed and in pieces . I didn't manage to see an undamaged one either . "

As he heard this, Magician Green frowned . He thought that there would definitely be some statues left and never expected that the situation would be so serious .

"This must be the work of that traitor, Akensser! Well then, the only way we can send a message through is to build another transmitting statue . But to do this, we'll need to go to the magic net's node," Green said .

"Magic net node?" Link asked .

Green nodded . He explained, "Underneath Lariel City is a giant magic net . We used it to create many things, including defensive barriers and offensive spells . Actually, the whole of Lariel City is just like your human magic towers . "

"I understand; how do we find it then?" Link asked . As expected of an ancient race, their secrets were extremely well hidden .

"I know the positions of all the nodes . The nearest one is just one and a half miles away from us . We can get there using the underground pa.s.sages . Let's go now!" Green exclaimed .

The moment Green finished speaking, a message appeared in Link's vision .

New Mission: Deliver the Message

Description: Find the magic net node, build the statue and form a connection with the Yabbas inside Lariel City .

Mission reward: a.s.sa.s.sin Boots (Epic)

Link immediately accepted the mission and said, "Let's go then . "

"I'm going too!" Lannie said, clutching the musket under her arm . "I'm a very good shooter!"

Green nodded and said, "Lannie is the clan's greatest shooter . "

Link a.s.sented . "Then, will these people have enough food here?" He asked .

"They do . There's enough to last at least a month . After we go out, we'll seal the entrance . That will keep this place safe," Green replied .

Then Green and Lannie said a few words to the survivors and instructed them on various things to take note of in the underground . A few minutes later, Green came back and said, "We can go now . "

The three of them followed the pa.s.sage back to the entrance . After 300 feet, Link used his magic sword to carve an inscription on the ground . He explained, "This is a spatial rune, it can completely seal off the pa.s.sage . "

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh . Very soon, the walls and floor were covered in runic inscriptions . Half a minute later, he was done . He said to Green, "The Void Aura is disrupting the formation of my Mana into spells . Green, could you provide the Mana for this formation? Lannie, come over to this side . "

Green obeyed and channeled his Mana into every rune . After every rune was lit up, the s.p.a.ce shuddered for a moment . Then, it went back to normal . Nothing looked out of place, and the runes on the floor and walls had disappeared .

"What happened?" Green asked Link .

"This is an infinite loop of s.p.a.ce . Lannie, walk in and try it," Link instructed, smiling .

"Doesn't look like much," Lannie shrugged . She walked in . After a moment, she reappeared in the pa.s.sage, walking normally . Once she caught sight of Link, she exclaimed, "Hey! I was walking in that direction all this time . How come I see you guys?"

Green understood quickly . He said to Link, "This is amazing, but if there is only one looping door, it will only return the victim to his original location . It will be easy to see through the trap . "

Link agreed . "That's right, so we're going to set up one more a little further ahead . "

The group continued walking forward . After three hundred feet, Link stopped again to carve the spatial runes . When he was done, Green helped to supply the Mana .

This time, the spatial runes simply disappeared . The pa.s.sage looked as normal as ever .

Link explained, "The entrance to the loop s.p.a.ce is over at the other end . When someone walks through this door, nothing will happen . Only when they enter the other door, then they will be transported back to this place and continue walking in an infinite loop . "

Green thought about it for a moment and couldn't help but clap his hands in admiration . "Spatial Magic is truly amazing; its secrets are far too profound . My old bones can't handle this many surprises . "

When Link guided him in constructing the Spatial Barriers earlier, the first one was alright, but the second one had really drained him mentally . He felt like his mind would not be able to handle it . Therefore, he was truly impressed by this level of magic .

Link laughed . "By the time these runes lose their effectiveness, we should be done with the enemies . Let's go . "

"Okay . "

The three of them continued walking onward . Three hundred feet later, they encountered a secret door and continued walking forward . Another 150 feet, the road started to fork into multiple paths .

"This way," Green said, guiding the group onto one path .

They were headed for a node in the magic net . There were many demons above ground, so it was obviously easier for them to travel underground .

Link walked in the lead . He said, "This area will likely have quite a few demons, be on your guard . "

"Okay," Green replied, raising his wand on standby .

"Okay! I'm going to let them have a taste of my bullets," Lannie said, brandis.h.i.+ng her musket .

The underground pa.s.sages intersected many times, just like a maze . After walking for about half a mile and getting rid of over ten lost demons, they could finally detect a dense aura of Mana up ahead .

Up ahead, small motes of light appeared . The Mana density in the s.p.a.ce was greater than in other areas by about three times!

Link felt his Dragon Power recovery rate increase to about 30 points per second . In other places, it would only be about 20 points per second .

Green said, "Up ahead is the node… Be careful, I feel that something isn't right . "

Link felt it too . He listened intently with his ears . "I felt it too, it's a strange aura, not like that of demons or Dark Elves . It's weird, I've never encountered anything like this before . "

The more Link tried to sense what it was, the more confused he got . He didn't know how to describe this feeling . Although it was definitely a new type of feeling, there was something familiar about it, like he had seen it before .

He thought about it for a while . Suddenly, something clicked in his mind . "I remember now! This was the feeling I got when I was crossing through the Void . Green, did something like this happen to the magic net before?"

When he didn't get a reply, Link turned to look at Green . However, he found that Green's eyes were blank . He stood there unmoving .

"Green? Magician Green? What's wrong?" Link shook Green's shoulders . However, the Yabba Magician showed no signs of responding . It was as though he had lost his soul .

It was at this point that Link felt that something was not right . He turned to look and realized that Lannie had raised her musket, targeting it at Green, looking ready to fire .

Link was shocked, and he quickly stretched out his hand, clasping it over the musket's muzzle .

Bang! Nonetheless, Lannie had fired anyway . Her face carried expressions of fear . Her eyes were wide open, as though she had seen something fearsome . It was exactly like Green's eyes . They both had a blank look, as though they were stuck in some dreamland .

After her shot was intercepted by Link, she retreated quickly . As she retreated, she raised her musket and pointed it at Link, shrilling, "Demon! Don't come here! Stay away!"

Link frowned . He was ready to s.n.a.t.c.h Lannie's musket away from her when he felt some Mana fluctuations beside him . He turned and saw that Green had raised his wand . On his wand, electricity crackled .

"Demons from the abyss, go back to where you came from!" Green shouted .

Link immediately recognized the spell . It was a Level-6 spell, Lightning Tempest . If this spell was cast, Link would suffer small injuries at most . However, Lannie would be fried to a crisp by it .

Link quickly s.n.a.t.c.hed the wand away from Green and smashed his hand onto Green's neck, knocking him out . Then, in one big stride, he appeared next to Lannie and s.n.a.t.c.hed her musket, before knocking her unconscious too .

Although he had successfully restrained the two Yabba people, Link couldn't understand what was going on . What's happening? Why did these two suddenly go crazy?

The crucial thing was that Link did not detect the mysterious aura of Mana .

Chapter 400 The Strange Fluctuations in the Magic NetTranslator Nyoi Bo Studio Editor Nyoi Bo StudioBeside the sewage cesspoolLink walked back to the pa.s.sage and took down the spatial barrier . How is it Lannie asked . Link didn t say a word but stepped aside, letting Lannie see the headless black and blue demon corpse lying in the pa.s.sage entrance . Lannie exhaled slowly and unclenched her fist . She said excitedly, Master Link, you re amazing Behind her, the Yabba people were too happy for words . Many cried in relief . On their way here, one brave Warrior after another had stood up against it, but none manage to kill it . The demon would appear like a specter of death, and every time it appeared, the Warriors were forced to use their strongest suicidal attacks in an attempt to take it down . Everyone had been despondent . Now that the demon was dead, it felt like a large weight was lifted from their hearts . Some people ran past Link and stopped next to the demon, kicking and hitting its corpse, crying all the while . Many others ran up to Link and knelt before him, thanking him . There was a mother that walked over with her child and said emotionally, Lord, my child is only half a year old . His father died in battle and never got the chance to give him a name . Would you please name this child Link knelt down and looked at the child not much bigger than his fist . The infant was not in good condition . Perhaps he was frightened from the battle, or perhaps, being on the run, his mother could not take proper care of him . Link reached out and touched the child s skin . The infant s body was burning hot . The baby s face was also twisted in pain, as though it wanted to cry but couldn t . It must have been suffering . Thinking for a moment, he placed his hand on the infant s head and channeled in some Dragon Power . This Dragon Power could greatly increase one s vitality . Instantly, the infant s expression calmed down . Then, Link cut a slit on his finger and drew out some blood which he used to draw a complex pattern on the infant s head . He was not able to use any spells . Nonetheless, his blood was very dense with power . The inscriptions he made would definitely have a large effect . It was as though the infant could feel much more comfortable . Its crystal like eyes opened wide, and it moved its body, turning towards its mother s chest . It was hungry . What a cute little thing, Link said gently . He will be the hope of the future . We shall call him Fain . Many thanks, Lord, The Yabba mother said, before moving to the side . It was now time to settle important matters . Link asked Lannie, What about delivering the message Lannie slapped her forehead . Oh right I almost forgot . Master Green should know what to do, come with me . Lannie grabbed Link s hand and ran forward with her short legs until she exited the pa.s.sage . Magician Green was resting by the side of the cesspool . When he saw Link, he quickly got up to greet him . Lannie was like a little bird . She chattered on continuously, telling Magician Green all about Link s intentions . When she was done, Magician Green asked Link, Are there really so few of the Black Army left outside Lariel Link nodded . I realized this when I came here . The truth is, three days ago, Orida fortress was engaged in a b.l.o.o.d.y battle . The alliance killed 80,000 Dark Elves and 40,000 demons . Of course, we had great losses as well . Right now, we are only left with about 10,000 Warriors . We are surrounded on all sides by the remaining demons . . . We need reinforcements urgently . Magician Green slapped his thigh and exclaimed, If only we knew that there were so few people outside the city We wouldn t have stayed holed up inside . We must quickly get this news through the barrier . There s no time to waste He thought for a moment and said, If we want to pa.s.s the news into the city, we need to use the statues . There should be many left in the outer districts . Link knew about this method too, but unfortunately, most of the statues had already been destroyed completely . That level of destruction was not something that could be fixed easily . Link said helplessly, Unfortunately, I don t think that will work . Before we came here, we saw that many of the statues were already destroyed . Lannie also nodded, All the statues are destroyed and in pieces . I didn t manage to see an undamaged one either . As he heard this, Magician Green frowned . He thought that there would definitely be some statues left and never expected that the situation would be so serious . This must be the work of that traitor, Akensser Well then, the only way we can send a message through is to build another transmitting statue . But to do this, we ll need to go to the magic net s node, Green said . Magic net node Link asked . Green nodded . He explained, Underneath Lariel City is a giant magic net . We used it to create many things, including defensive barriers and offensive spells . Actually, the whole of Lariel City is just like your human magic towers . I understand how do we find it then Link asked . As expected of an ancient race, their secrets were extremely well hidden . I know the positions of all the nodes . The nearest one is just one and a half miles away from us . We can get there using the underground pa.s.sages . Let s go now Green exclaimed . The moment Green finished speaking, a message appeared in Link s vision . New Mission Deliver the MessageDescription Find the magic net node, build the statue and form a connection with the Yabbas inside Lariel City . Mission reward a.s.sa.s.sin Boots Epic Link immediately accepted the mission and said, Let s go then . I m going too Lannie said, clutching the musket under her arm . I m a very good shooter Green nodded and said, Lannie is the clan s greatest shooter . Link a.s.sented . Then, will these people have enough food here He asked . They do . There s enough to last at least a month . After we go out, we ll seal the entrance . That will keep this place safe, Green replied . Then Green and Lannie said a few words to the survivors and instructed them on various things to take note of in the underground . A few minutes later, Green came back and said, We can go now . The three of them followed the pa.s.sage back to the entrance . After 300 feet, Link used his magic sword to carve an inscription on the ground . He explained, This is a spatial rune, it can completely seal off the pa.s.sage . Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh . Very soon, the walls and floor were covered in runic inscriptions . Half a minute later, he was done . He said to Green, The Void Aura is disrupting the formation of my Mana into spells . Green, could you provide the Mana for this formation Lannie, come over to this side . Green obeyed and channeled his Mana into every rune . After every rune was lit up, the s.p.a.ce shuddered for a moment . Then, it went back to normal . Nothing looked out of place, and the runes on the floor and walls had disappeared . What happened Green asked Link . This is an infinite loop of s.p.a.ce . Lannie, walk in and try it, Link instructed, smiling . Doesn t look like much, Lannie shrugged . She walked in . After a moment, she reappeared in the pa.s.sage, walking normally . Once she caught sight of Link, she exclaimed, Hey I was walking in that direction all this time . How come I see you guys Green understood quickly . He said to Link, This is amazing, but if there is only one looping door, it will only return the victim to his original location . It will be easy to see through the trap . Link agreed . That s right, so we re going to set up one more a little further ahead . The group continued walking forward . After three hundred feet, Link stopped again to carve the spatial runes . When he was done, Green helped to supply the Mana . This time, the spatial runes simply disappeared . The pa.s.sage looked as normal as ever . Link explained, The entrance to the loop s.p.a.ce is over at the other end . When someone walks through this door, nothing will happen . Only when they enter the other door, then they will be transported back to this place and continue walking in an infinite loop . Green thought about it for a moment and couldn t help but clap his hands in admiration . Spatial Magic is truly amazing its secrets are far too profound . My old bones can t handle this many surprises . When Link guided him in constructing the Spatial Barriers earlier, the first one was alright, but the second one had really drained him mentally . He felt like his mind would not be able to handle it . Therefore, he was truly impressed by this level of magic . Link laughed . By the time these runes lose their effectiveness, we should be done with the enemies . Let s go . Okay . The three of them continued walking onward . Three hundred feet later, they encountered a secret door and continued walking forward . Another 150 feet, the road started to fork into multiple paths . This way, Green said, guiding the group onto one path . They were headed for a node in the magic net . There were many demons above ground, so it was obviously easier for them to travel underground . Link walked in the lead . He said, This area will likely have quite a few demons, be on your guard . Okay, Green replied, raising his wand on standby . Okay I m going to let them have a taste of my bullets, Lannie said, brandis.h.i.+ng her musket . The underground pa.s.sages intersected many times, just like a maze . After walking for about half a mile and getting rid of over ten lost demons, they could finally detect a dense aura of Mana up ahead . Up ahead, small motes of light appeared . The Mana density in the s.p.a.ce was greater than in other areas by about three times Link felt his Dragon Power recovery rate increase to about 30 points per second . In other places, it would only be about 20 points per second . Green said, Up ahead is the node Be careful, I feel that something isn t right . Link felt it too . He listened intently with his ears . I felt it too, it s a strange aura, not like that of demons or Dark Elves . It s weird, I ve never encountered anything like this before . The more Link tried to sense what it was, the more confused he got . He didn t know how to describe this feeling . Although it was definitely a new type of feeling, there was something familiar about it, like he had seen it before . He thought about it for a while . Suddenly, something clicked in his mind . I remember now This was the feeling I got when I was crossing through the Void . Green, did something like this happen to the magic net before When he didn t get a reply, Link turned to look at Green . However, he found that Green s eyes were blank . He stood there unmoving . Green Magician Green What s wrong Link shook Green s shoulders . However, the Yabba Magician showed no signs of responding . It was as though he had lost his soul . It was at this point that Link felt that something was not right . He turned to look and realized that Lannie had raised her musket, targeting it at Green, looking ready to fire . Link was shocked, and he quickly stretched out his hand, clasping it over the musket s muzzle . Bang Nonetheless, Lannie had fired anyway . Her face carried expressions of fear . Her eyes were wide open, as though she had seen something fearsome . It was exactly like Green s eyes . They both had a blank look, as though they were stuck in some dreamland . After her shot was intercepted by Link, she retreated quickly . As she retreated, she raised her musket and pointed it at Link, shrilling, Demon Don t come here Stay away Link frowned . He was ready to s.n.a.t.c.h Lannie s musket away from her when he felt some Mana fluctuations beside him . He turned and saw that Green had raised his wand . On his wand, electricity crackled . Demons from the abyss, go back to where you came from Green shouted . Link immediately recognized the spell . It was a Level 6 spell, Lightning Tempest . If this spell was cast, Link would suffer small injuries at most . However, Lannie would be fried to a crisp by it . Link quickly s.n.a.t.c.hed the wand away from Green and smashed his hand onto Green s neck, knocking him out . Then, in one big stride, he appeared next to Lannie and s.n.a.t.c.hed her musket, before knocking her unconscious too . Although he had successfully restrained the two Yabba people, Link couldn t understand what was going on . What s happening Why did these two suddenly go crazy The crucial thing was that Link did not detect the mysterious aura of Mana .