Chapter 808
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Each of the four empires of the Myers Mainland had an analogy to them . The Cloudflow people were known unanimously as porcelain .
Porcelain was hard, sometimes even harder than metals, but porcelain was at the same time, fragile . If a child were to throw a porcelain ware on the ground, it would have been reduced to pieces, despite the promise of never getting scratches for more than a millennium .
Such was the fortitude of the Cloudflow people . It was wise to not be misled by the illusions shown on the outside . So long as one were to have strength equivalent to a child's, one would have been able to easily defeat them .
It was not known how much time it would take to kill all the remaining six-hundred-thousand troops, but none of them had any intention of staying . Lex even sent scouts into the new city by the shore to get information on them .
The bulk of the Cloudflow army consisted of new recruits, so things were rendered completely chaotic .
Lex, being careful as always, had only heard about the sorcerer's departure on the third day . At the time, there were still about three-hundred-thousand soldiers from Cloudflow around . The big ships had all left, what remained was high speed warships that were not able to carry many . The warships had narrow designs, capable of great speed . They were fitted with all manners of heavy weapons . As such, there was not much space left for carrying personnel .
Some Cloudflow people resorted to chopping down trees to make raft-like boats .
Lex was afraid that all of it was only a trap set by the invaders, or that the grade-9 sorcerer never left in the first place, only hiding somewhere instead . As such, Lex put off any thought of assaulting the remaining forces .
The winged skeleton shared the same thought, but had instead chose to keep sending low level spirits to harass them . Opportunities like that were hard to come by . The Mechanical Soul was among those who went to harass them .
The Mechanical Soul was almost done with self repair and had stopped using body doubles . Ever since it followed the Soldier, serious restrictions were put on its consumption . It was forbidden from consuming spirits without expressed permission from the winged skeleton . Even the remains of said spirits were rendered off-limits . During every deployment, so long as there were enemies that were turned into spirits of the dead, it was allowed by the winged skeleton to consume half of them .
Saleen trained for another three days in the magic tower before leaving .
Eleanor's body remained within the mage's crystal coffin on the seventh floor . Said floor was made a restricted area, with no one else allowed inside but Stephanie .
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Stephanie had not had any sleep for three days and nights straight, and gave no thought to Saleen occupying the topmost floor of her tower . The topmost floor of a magic tower served as the living space of a mage and held great significance . To Stephanie in that moment, what was most important was to research the differences between elves and humans .
A mage's crystal coffin required little maintenance . Periodic change of magic nuclei and magic pharmaceuticals would suffice .
Stephanie devoted most of her time to study Eleanor . Across from the crystal coffin, was a three-dimensional alchemy table she had just reconstructed . All manner of biological samples taken from Eleanor were stored within the hundreds of crystal bottles .
Eleanor suffered too many injuries, and thus a small puppet was required to enter the crystal coffin to perform surgery on her . All that was performed with her submerged in restorative water . The crystal coffin was filled with liquids: grade-7 magic liquid mixed with restorative water . It was done to maintain Eleanor's life force .
The smallest of small puppets was only as large as half of a person's palm . Their limbs consisted of sharp scalpels, for cutting necrotic flesh or any places needed mending . They were useful for carving out lines as well, to enable regeneration of muscles .
There was a type of mage called a magic pharmacist, who derived joy in curing people's ailments .
Stephanie was no magic pharmacist, but her small puppet was itself a piece of equipment above the rank of holy equipment . All of it was initially prepared for the sake of Emperor Chanake . Stephanie had once dreamed of a day where the most powerful of man in Qin would have one day lie within the crystal coffin, with her attending to his treatment .
That man was dead . No matter how powerful one was, there was no way one could have withstood so many attacks from so many powerful ones . The one lying in the coffin was instead, an elf .
Conducting research in the name of healing was a common occurrence among mages, which Saleen turned a blind eye to . No less than three to five months was required to heal the extent of injuries Eleanor suffered . Mages were no gods . Even holy masters would probably have been able to do little with such grave injuries .
Su was the one healing the quickest . The heavenly angel's attack had only glanced him, and he was protected by armor . That extent of injury was not something a silver swordmaster was unable to handle .
Cuisi suffered injuries that were more severe . His horns were broken, and his powers reduced from a supreme demon to that of a demon, a level which was even lower than when he first met Saleen .
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Cuisi lied there glumly, as Stephanie did not allow him to leave . Demons were after all, great research materials as well .
If he was a summoned being belonging to Saleen, the outcome would have been different . Cuisi was not allowed to take a human form . As such, his massive body was forced to curl pitifully instead .
Saleen came to the sixth floor of the tower and Su had already left . He felt pity for Cuisi looking like that . Reduction of power was a huge shock to a supreme demon .
"Cuisi, do you mind telling me your true name?", Saleen went to the demon and sat by his side .
Vibrancy came to Cuisi's original gloomy expression . He felt some form of hope from Saleen's question .
His real name was only known to Nailisi . A demon's true name was not something to be shared with others . Nailisi knew so, because she was his master .
Cuisi's head drooped again . He knew that Saleen would not let him follow him, for he was Nailisi's slave .
"You have helped Eleanor, and for that, you have my thanks . Cuisi, tell me your true name . While I'm unable to have Nailisi sever her contract with you, I can still offer you some degree of freedom . You can address me as your liege from here on out . "
"But . . . I'm no longer a supreme demon . "
"A lot who followed me in the temple started out as white-robes or common swordsman when they first met me . Cuisi, restoration of power on the Myers Mainland is faster than it is in the demon plane . If you want to become a supreme demon again, I will give you that chance . "
Cuisi turned around and laid prostrate on the ground, his head reaching Saleen's waist .
"My true name is . . . ", Cuisi said as his eyes searched around for the magic array . If his true name was to be heard by other mages, things would turn for the worst . While demons had great mental powers, their souls were inferior to humans' . If their names were to be known by others, they could be cursed easily with great results . If any powerful ones were to even speak his name, he would have no choice but to submit .
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Saleen knew that within the sixth floor, there was indeed magic arrays set up for the purpose of eavesdropping . Not wanting to cast any isolation magic, he had moved his ear near Cuisi's mouth . The demon whispered it into Saleen's ear .
Saleen kept with the pose for half a minute, before Cuisi's name was completely told to him .
"Alright then, Cuisi," Saleen said as he took out a scroll and laid it in front of the demon . That was not a follower's contract, but a simple submission contract . The binding power of this contract was small . Cuisi would be able to defy Saleen's order as soon as he moved out of sight, without suffering any reprisals from the contract .
"My liege . Can you I address you as such?"
"Yes, you may, Cuisi . I will request Stephanie to patch you up as soon as possible," Saleen got out of the tower as soon as he finished and went looking for Lex .
Lex did not continue staying within the magic tower despite her palace being destroyed . That was because she had political matters to address . If reporting officials and nobles were to enter the ruins all the time, their moods would have been greatly affected . Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .
Lex's temporary residence was chosen to be among a group of buildings near the northern magic tower of the city . This was originally a small castle outside of the ancient city of Daliang . Lex converted the place into her temporary palace .
The Dragonslayer army garrisoned outside the palace . Two-hundred of Saleen's personal guards resided within the palace . These two-hundred were very fortunate; no one suffered any injuries or ended up dead .
Saleen did not bring many with him, only mages numbering to about a dozen, and their guards . Saleen came to Lex's temporary residence and walked right in . The guards consisted of familiar faces, and the ones guarding Lex's residence were swordmasters armed with elvish alchemy crossbows .
"Lex, I'm coming in . "
"Oh, Saleen, it's you . . . ", all signs of exhaustion were wiped off her face as soon as she saw him .
"I did great!", Saleen pointed at his own devil's armor as he told Lex the news; he had been able to undo all the seals on it . The seals placed on it by Joey were difficult ones, but as soon as Saleen had reached the upper tier of grade-7, he was able to gradually undo them . If he was to be a grade-8 mage, he would have been able to undo the first layer of the suit within hours .
"It was a pity that, according to intel, that darned fellow fled . You don't know that yet, do you?"
"So I have heard," Saleen gave a bitter smile . He had been rushing to undo the seals just so that he would have been prepared to fight the grade-9 sorcerer . A grade-8 Endless Night would have been able to keep the sorcerer caged for a brief moment, a period of which he could have killed him with the power of his badge .
"So, it's a ceasefire for now then?"
"The war between us and Cloudflow ceased for the moment . Our war with the Holy See has just begun . Saleen, the Holy See tried to kill you and me both; I have given the order to use Bloody Impact against them . "
Saleen was not a true noble, and as such, he was dumbfounded for a brief moment before he grasped the meaning of the term .
"Lex, If you have decided to do so, then you have my support," Saleen answered firmly despite having reservations on the decision .
"There is no need for that this time . We are no match for the Holy See if we were to clash head-on . The ones I sent were all assassins . Since they sent someone to assassinate me, then they shall suffer their fates with the same means . "
"So . . . "
"Saleen, just go back to Metatrin City for now . "
"What?", Saleen looked at her, puzzled by what she meant by that .
"Leave Eleanor to me, or Master Stephanie will just keep ripping you off . Have Nicholas and Soldier go back with you . It's mid-April now . If you don't make it to the Oceanic Ice Block, we will have to starve for the whole year," Lex smiled as she spoke to Saleen . She knew well that the most important thing to Saleen on this return, was Sika .
Lex felt weak as she thought so, and was about to cry .