Chapter 304: Allowing the Enemy to Escape (Part 1)
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Am I dying too? Saleen felt that breakthrough in his abilities, and it even affected his surroundings . The elemental disorder was toning down while Saleen's magic chords grew rapidly . At the same time, he felt that something had entered his brain, and with a boom, he fainted .
The black bishop observed Saleen from afar, but did not go near Saleen . The vigorous elemental vibrations on Saleen's body struck fear in him . The black bishop found Saleen quite terrifying . Having been in the inquisition for so many years, the black bishop had witnessed his fair share of strange occurrences, but Saleen still astounded him very much .
The magic of a grade-4 mage had posed a threat to a grade-7 professional . If not for the partial divine weapon that had been in his hand, that mage and his female warrior would have injured him . Seeing that Saleen had fainted, the black bishop retreated even farther .
Who knows if this isn't an ambush? Those elemental vibrations from the mage have even stabilized the elemental disorder . There must be something wrong! If his subordinates were not here, the black bishop would have definitely taken the risk to try and kill Saleen . However, the oncoming footsteps could already be heard clearly . A grand total of two hundred and forty swordsmen were going to arrive anytime now .
The black bishop would not want to take any more risks now that he was going to have so many people under his command . His early arrival had resulted in the deaths of two bronze grand swordmasters and damage to the partial divine weapon . The black bishop did not want any more accidents to happen .
As the elemental disorder stabilized, the water flow which encircled Saleen rose up and moved about gently, just like a snake . If someone tried to attack Saleen at this point in time, the water flow would retaliate autonomously .
Bam, bam!
Saleen could feel that his mental power had evolved and was now existing independently from his physical body . Was this his soul? However, Saleen's soul was definitely not made of up of his mental power . This was a condition which would occasionally occur in a grade-7 mage – mental dissimilation .
Dissimilated minds did not have similar attributes . There were thousands of variations in their details . However, there was a common feature, that dissimilation would cause the mage's mental power to grow by several times .
Saleen felt that he had entered the goddess' necklace, as though his mental power was travelling through the twenty-four segments of the necklace . With every space his mental power passed through, one magic symbol would be imprinted upon it . Saleen's mental power was becoming increasingly solidified . In the end, his mental power had transformed into a clot of blue liquid which was the size of a human adult .
This clot of liquid was continuously transformed by the magic symbols within the goddess' necklace, and then it underwent a strange transformation once more .
This blue liquid had solidified into Saleen's own appearance . It looked exactly like Saleen .
Soul incarnation? This skill could not be learned . It was an ability that would only occur occasionally when one advanced to the next grade . Saleen had not expected his advancement to have the appearance of such a skill . However, he was not jumping for joy . Nailisi might have already been dead . There was nothing which could make him happy .
So what if the black bishop was killed? Some things, when lost, could never be retrieved ever again .
In Saleen's eyes, a bundle of three-dimensional magic patterns were growing within his blue pupils . These magic patterns had come so suddenly, and Saleen did not even know why . If he could observe the magic patterns in his eyes right now, he would realize that the structure of these magic patterns were identical to that of his clan badge . It was just that the size was proportionately much smaller .
It was an extremely rare event for magic patterns to appear on a mage's body . However, some mages would use dragon's blood medicine to draw magic patterns on themselves, as it could bring about special effects as well . Saleen's magic patterns had grown in his pupils, and that was an event which had never been mentioned in any magic book before . Furthermore, he himself did not even know why something like this would happen .
As the magic symbols were assimilated into the soul incarnation, the goddess' necklace became empty . In the future, Saleen would no longer need to enter the necklace in order to learn those magic formulae . This meant that he would be able to calculate the implications of a certain spell under normal conditions, spending the same amount of time as when he was inside the necklace .
For example, the Figaro Formula could be used to dissect a spell in order to discover its weakness . At this moment, Saleen could do the same thing as Lex's teacher . He could now dissect a spell which was at the same level or a lower level than his own grade . In the past, Saleen and Lex had practiced such an ability for a long time, but they had only managed to do it to a few low level spells in the end .
Prior to this event, the spells which Saleen could dissect had all been lower than level-3, and the quantity was less than ten . Now that his mental power had transformed into a soul incarnation, Saleen would be able to dissect most spells under level-5 as long as he continued practicing .
If Saleen possessed such an ability, his offensive power would be increased by a large magnitude, because the dissection of a spell would consume less magic chords than the usage of a magic shield . How long a mage could battle was decided by the amount of their magic chords . If they used more defense spells, then they would have less magic chords for offensive spells . This was a fact which could not be altered .
However, Saleen was devoid of happiness at the moment . Once all of the magic symbols from the goddess' necklace had assimilated into the soul incarnation, Saleen made the soul incarnation enter Nailisi's body .
Saleen felt a kind of attractive force which sucked the soul incarnation into a space . This space was surrounded by green barriers, as though it were a gigantic green crystal box . Saleen saw Nailisi laying in that space . Outside this space, a gigantic black sickle was hacking her, as though it were destroying this space and trying to tear her into shreds .
On the barriers inside this green space, there were fine magic patterns . This time around, Saleen understood these patterns . These patterns represented the soul contract between Nailisi and himself . If the sickle managed to destroy the space, it would mean that the connection between Saleen and Nailisi would be detached completely . If the sickle managed to chop Nailisi into shreds, then Nailisi would really die .
All of a sudden, Saleen became very excited . Nailisi had not died yet . Was this her soul? A demon's soul typically resembled a demon . However, within this space, Nailisi had the appearance of a human .
Saleen did not delve into this matter . Since Nailisi had not died, he was more energetic now . Instinctively, Saleen walked towards that massive black sickle . Two rays of light shot out from his eyes . They were blue in color, and they looked extremely transparent . Shining onto the green barriers, the blue light projected two phantoms which were intertwined with one another .
As those two phantoms overlapped one another, a burst of blue electric current suddenly appeared . As the black sickle was being sent downwards, it struck the electric current instead .
Zi…
The black sickle then shrunk to half its original size, and looked like it was retreating . Saleen still did not know how to control the electric current . However, the two phantoms projected from his eyes were currently expanding . A burst of blue electric current emerged before charging towards the sickle and lunging at it .
The speed of the electric currents surpassed that of all the other attacks . Before Saleen could react, dozens of electric currents had already been launched . If he had not been in this strange space, Saleen would never have the power to sustain such an attack . Furthermore, that sickle was only the phantom of the partial divine weapon, so it was relatively weak compared to the original . Dozens of electric currents lined up before striking the black sickle . Eventually, the black sickle disappeared .
The blue light in Saleen's eyes died down slowly, while the phantom images of the magic patterns on the green barriers disappeared .
Nailisi's body twitched, and Saleen was overwhelmed with joy . Out of the blue, the soul incarnation had crashed through the barriers in that green space, and Saleen had returned to his physical body . Those barriers were extremely sturdy . If it was not for those magic patterns from the soul contract, Saleen would not have been able to enter and exit so freely .
"Nailisi!" Saleen woke up and stood upright . Then, he saw a dense formation of swordsmen behind the black bishop . These swordsmen were clad in black cotton armor, but they wielded uniformly colored cavalry swords .
Such cavalry swords were fairly heavy, and if the user was not skilled, they would not be able to use it .
Nailisi twisted her body, opened her eyes, and said, "Master, I did not die?"
"Mm, you did not die . "
"Were you crying just now?"
"I did not cry . "
"Master…"
"Stop talking . Think of a way to escape right now . " Saleen pointed to the black bishop and his swordsmen in the far distance in front of them .
"Why should we escape? Isn't Banchajanna here already?" Nailisi pointed to the sky, and a colossal black shadow had appeared in the sky above the forest . This shadow had a bone tail which was dozens of meters long, three pairs of arms, and six different weapons .
There a lingering fear in Saleen's heart . He knew that when the six weapons were knocked against each other, a horrifying attack would be released . At this moment, Saleen still did not know how to defend himself against such an attack .
Noticing that Saleen did not look too good, Nailisi said, "Master, when Banchajanna does that attack later on, I will knock you unconscious and then I will carry you . That old man in the black clothes will not be able to catch up to me even if he flies in the air . "
Saleen agreed very uncomfortably . He knew that if Banchajanna targeted that attack at him, he would not be able to faint even if he wanted to .
Up in the sky, Banchajanna was surveying the situation on the ground . That group of humans, more than two hundred of them who looked like ants, were confronting Saleen . Saleen was fairly skilled . He had actually been able to hold out until Banchajanna arrived! Daniel was seated on the back of Banchajanna . When he saw that Saleen was alive, he had a bout of odd feelings . Daniel was a little disappointed, yet a little glad at the same time .
Because of Saleen's affairs, Daniel was at odds with the three spirit kings . Even if Saleen had really died, Daniel would not have felt any burden in his heart . Since Saleen was not dead, Daniel would have to fulfill his follower's contract . Of course, this was not a bad thing either . At least Saleen would provide the magic nuclei that he needed for training in the future .
Daniel relaxed . He tapped on Banchajanna's body, and while in the sky, he bellowed, "Honorable King, go and kill those ants . Crush them!"
Banchajanna was very unwilling, but in front of a bunch of believers, he needed to pretend that he was Daniel's contract creature . Hence, Banchajanna hollered in response .
"I will obey your command, Mage . "
Banchajanna was now flying directly above the forest, and his voice boomed at least ten miles into the distance . On the ground below, the black bishop and his swordsmen were dumbfounded, as though they had been cast with a Fossilization spell .
Their enemy had reinforcements . Furthermore, the reinforcement was a death mage . What was worse was that this death mage had summoned a very powerful creature . This creature was so powerful that none of the swordsmen wanted to go against it .
Banchajanna opened his mouth and spit out a cloud of grey fog . This grey fog fell directly into the group of swordsmen . Everything in the fog's path became grey in color before decaying . Those swordsmen who came into contact with that grey fog simply died . There was no noise at all, as though that grey fog had stopped time .
"Banchajanna, kill that man!" Saleen pointed at the black bishop . Banchajanna glanced at Saleen, as though he did not hear him . Then, he spit out another ball of grey fog, directing it at the swordsmen .
Chapter 304 Allowing the Enemy to Escape Part 1 Translator Nyoi Bo Studio Editor Nyoi Bo StudioAm I dying too Saleen felt that breakthrough in his abilities, and it even affected his surroundings . The elemental disorder was toning down while Saleen s magic chords grew rapidly . At the same time, he felt that something had entered his brain, and with a boom, he fainted . The black bishop observed Saleen from afar, but did not go near Saleen . The vigorous elemental vibrations on Saleen s body struck fear in him . The black bishop found Saleen quite terrifying . Having been in the inquisition for so many years, the black bishop had witnessed his fair share of strange occurrences, but Saleen still astounded him very much . The magic of a grade 4 mage had posed a threat to a grade 7 professional . If not for the partial divine weapon that had been in his hand, that mage and his female warrior would have injured him . Seeing that Saleen had fainted, the black bishop retreated even farther . Who knows if this isn t an ambush Those elemental vibrations from the mage have even stabilized the elemental disorder . There must be something wrong If his subordinates were not here, the black bishop would have definitely taken the risk to try and kill Saleen . However, the oncoming footsteps could already be heard clearly . A grand total of two hundred and forty swordsmen were going to arrive anytime now . The black bishop would not want to take any more risks now that he was going to have so many people under his command . His early arrival had resulted in the deaths of two bronze grand swordmasters and damage to the partial divine weapon . The black bishop did not want any more accidents to happen . As the elemental disorder stabilized, the water flow which encircled Saleen rose up and moved about gently, just like a snake . If someone tried to attack Saleen at this point in time, the water flow would retaliate autonomously . Bam, bam Saleen could feel that his mental power had evolved and was now existing independently from his physical body . Was this his soul However, Saleen s soul was definitely not made of up of his mental power . This was a condition which would occasionally occur in a grade 7 mage mental dissimilation . Dissimilated minds did not have similar attributes . There were thousands of variations in their details . However, there was a common feature, that dissimilation would cause the mage s mental power to grow by several times . Saleen felt that he had entered the goddess necklace, as though his mental power was travelling through the twenty four segments of the necklace . With every space his mental power passed through, one magic symbol would be imprinted upon it . Saleen s mental power was becoming increasingly solidified . In the end, his mental power had transformed into a clot of blue liquid which was the size of a human adult . This clot of liquid was continuously transformed by the magic symbols within the goddess necklace, and then it underwent a strange transformation once more . This blue liquid had solidified into Saleen s own appearance . It looked exactly like Saleen . Soul incarnation This skill could not be learned . It was an ability that would only occur occasionally when one advanced to the next grade . Saleen had not expected his advancement to have the appearance of such a skill . However, he was not jumping for joy . Nailisi might have already been dead . There was nothing which could make him happy . So what if the black bishop was killed Some things, when lost, could never be retrieved ever again . In Saleen s eyes, a bundle of three dimensional magic patterns were growing within his blue pupils . These magic patterns had come so suddenly, and Saleen did not even know why . If he could observe the magic patterns in his eyes right now, he would realize that the structure of these magic patterns were identical to that of his clan badge . It was just that the size was proportionately much smaller . It was an extremely rare event for magic patterns to appear on a mage s body . However, some mages would use dragon s blood medicine to draw magic patterns on themselves, as it could bring about special effects as well . Saleen s magic patterns had grown in his pupils, and that was an event which had never been mentioned in any magic book before . Furthermore, he himself did not even know why something like this would happen . As the magic symbols were assimilated into the soul incarnation, the goddess necklace became empty . In the future, Saleen would no longer need to enter the necklace in order to learn those magic formulae . This meant that he would be able to calculate the implications of a certain spell under normal conditions, spending the same amount of time as when he was inside the necklace . For example, the Figaro Formula could be used to dissect a spell in order to discover its weakness . At this moment, Saleen could do the same thing as Lex s teacher . He could now dissect a spell which was at the same level or a lower level than his own grade . In the past, Saleen and Lex had practiced such an ability for a long time, but they had only managed to do it to a few low level spells in the end . Prior to this event, the spells which Saleen could dissect had all been lower than level 3, and the quantity was less than ten . Now that his mental power had transformed into a soul incarnation, Saleen would be able to dissect most spells under level 5 as long as he continued practicing . If Saleen possessed such an ability, his offensive power would be increased by a large magnitude, because the dissection of a spell would consume less magic chords than the usage of a magic shield . How long a mage could battle was decided by the amount of their magic chords . If they used more defense spells, then they would have less magic chords for offensive spells . This was a fact which could not be altered . However, Saleen was devoid of happiness at the moment . Once all of the magic symbols from the goddess necklace had assimilated into the soul incarnation, Saleen made the soul incarnation enter Nailisi s body . Saleen felt a kind of attractive force which sucked the soul incarnation into a space . This space was surrounded by green barriers, as though it were a gigantic green crystal box . Saleen saw Nailisi laying in that space . Outside this space, a gigantic black sickle was hacking her, as though it were destroying this space and trying to tear her into shreds . On the barriers inside this green space, there were fine magic patterns . This time around, Saleen understood these patterns . These patterns represented the soul contract between Nailisi and himself . If the sickle managed to destroy the space, it would mean that the connection between Saleen and Nailisi would be detached completely . If the sickle managed to chop Nailisi into shreds, then Nailisi would really die . All of a sudden, Saleen became very excited . Nailisi had not died yet . Was this her soul A demon s soul typically resembled a demon . However, within this space, Nailisi had the appearance of a human . Saleen did not delve into this matter . Since Nailisi had not died, he was more energetic now . Instinctively, Saleen walked towards that massive black sickle . Two rays of light shot out from his eyes . They were blue in color, and they looked extremely transparent . Shining onto the green barriers, the blue light projected two phantoms which were intertwined with one another . As those two phantoms overlapped one another, a burst of blue electric current suddenly appeared . As the black sickle was being sent downwards, it struck the electric current instead . Zi The black sickle then shrunk to half its original size, and looked like it was retreating . Saleen still did not know how to control the electric current . However, the two phantoms projected from his eyes were currently expanding . A burst of blue electric current emerged before charging towards the sickle and lunging at it . The speed of the electric currents surpassed that of all the other attacks . Before Saleen could react, dozens of electric currents had already been launched . If he had not been in this strange space, Saleen would never have the power to sustain such an attack . Furthermore, that sickle was only the phantom of the partial divine weapon, so it was relatively weak compared to the original . Dozens of electric currents lined up before striking the black sickle . Eventually, the black sickle disappeared . The blue light in Saleen s eyes died down slowly, while the phantom images of the magic patterns on the green barriers disappeared . Nailisi s body twitched, and Saleen was overwhelmed with joy . Out of the blue, the soul incarnation had crashed through the barriers in that green space, and Saleen had returned to his physical body . Those barriers were extremely sturdy . If it was not for those magic patterns from the soul contract, Saleen would not have been able to enter and exit so freely . Nailisi Saleen woke up and stood upright . Then, he saw a dense formation of swordsmen behind the black bishop . These swordsmen were clad in black cotton armor, but they wielded uniformly colored cavalry swords . Such cavalry swords were fairly heavy, and if the user was not skilled, they would not be able to use it . Nailisi twisted her body, opened her eyes, and said, Master, I did not die Mm, you did not die . Were you crying just now I did not cry . Master Stop talking . Think of a way to escape right now . Saleen pointed to the black bishop and his swordsmen in the far distance in front of them . Why should we escape Isn t Banchajanna here already Nailisi pointed to the sky, and a colossal black shadow had appeared in the sky above the forest . This shadow had a bone tail which was dozens of meters long, three pairs of arms, and six different weapons . There a lingering fear in Saleen s heart . He knew that when the six weapons were knocked against each other, a horrifying attack would be released . At this moment, Saleen still did not know how to defend himself against such an attack . Noticing that Saleen did not look too good, Nailisi said, Master, when Banchajanna does that attack later on, I will knock you unconscious and then I will carry you . That old man in the black clothes will not be able to catch up to me even if he flies in the air . Saleen agreed very uncomfortably . He knew that if Banchajanna targeted that attack at him, he would not be able to faint even if he wanted to . Up in the sky, Banchajanna was surveying the situation on the ground . That group of humans, more than two hundred of them who looked like ants, were confronting Saleen . Saleen was fairly skilled . He had actually been able to hold out until Banchajanna arrived Daniel was seated on the back of Banchajanna . When he saw that Saleen was alive, he had a bout of odd feelings . Daniel was a little disappointed, yet a little glad at the same time . Because of Saleen s affairs, Daniel was at odds with the three spirit kings . Even if Saleen had really died, Daniel would not have felt any burden in his heart . Since Saleen was not dead, Daniel would have to fulfill his follower s contract . Of course, this was not a bad thing either . At least Saleen would provide the magic nuclei that he needed for training in the future . Daniel relaxed . He tapped on Banchajanna s body, and while in the sky, he bellowed, Honorable King, go and kill those ants . Crush them Banchajanna was very unwilling, but in front of a bunch of believers, he needed to pretend that he was Daniel s contract creature . Hence, Banchajanna hollered in response . I will obey your command, Mage . Banchajanna was now flying directly above the forest, and his voice boomed at least ten miles into the distance . On the ground below, the black bishop and his swordsmen were dumbfounded, as though they had been cast with a Fossilization spell . Their enemy had reinforcements . Furthermore, the reinforcement was a death mage . What was worse was that this death mage had summoned a very powerful creature . This creature was so powerful that none of the swordsmen wanted to go against it . Banchajanna opened his mouth and spit out a cloud of grey fog . This grey fog fell directly into the group of swordsmen . Everything in the fog s path became grey in color before decaying . Those swordsmen who came into contact with that grey fog simply died . There was no noise at all, as though that grey fog had stopped time . Banchajanna, kill that man Saleen pointed at the black bishop . Banchajanna glanced at Saleen, as though he did not hear him . Then, he spit out another ball of grey fog, directing it at the swordsmen .