At the Blackmoon Castle entrance.
“You are the master of Blackmoon Castle?”
Folson stood in the ruins and looked into the castle. His gaze lingered over the 1000 allied troops who had surrendered before it landed on Watson.
“Yes, that’s me.”
Watson nodded as his sky-blue eyes burned with flames.
The person was in a long robe, and he held a staff and a scroll. Watson recognized her as the mage who had released the gold-tier spell. If it were not for the source of chaotic-elemental magic that he had fused, which could absorb another magic, Blackmoon Castle would have been destroyed.
“Look at who this is?”
Folson waved his hand, and a few male mages behind him immediately stepped forward and pushed the tied-up Nindy to the front.
“She is—”
Watson’s pupils constricted. He felt as if the girl was familiar. It was as if he had seen her somewhere.
“Nindy! Are you Nindy?”
At that moment, Vincent, who stood nearby, walked forward in excitement as he looked at the girl in front of him carefully. After a moment, Vincent seemed to have confirmed something, and his lips began to tremble. “I must be dreaming. Nindy, why are you with these people?”
Nindy had left home a few years ago for her studies; she wanted to become a powerful mage. Unfortunately, the Garry family did not receive any news from her for so many years, and she rarely wrote to her family. Vincent did not know what had happened to her, so he did not expect to see Nindy there. Did she study under Folson?
“Eldest Brother, I joined the Mage Guild in Monte Town a while ago. Elder Folson is a silver-rank mage in the guild! If I had known he had wanted to destroy your castle, I wouldn’t have followed him here. I would have tried my best to dissuade him. It’s all my fault that this has happened…”
Nindy had tears in her eyes; she felt guilt. She was very excited to see Vincent, of course, but she had so many regrets.
“It’s okay. It’s good that you’re back. It’s good that you’re back.” Vincent continued to shake his head.
“Are you done with your nonsense? Have you forgotten that I’m still here?”
Folson was speechless when he saw Vincent and Nindy flaunted their kinship as if no one else was around. They were at war; could they give him some respect?
“Oh, I almost forgot about you.” Vincent turned his head, and his face turned cold again. “Speaking of which, I have to thank you. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have been able to see my second sister.”
“Since you’ve confirmed that Ninsy is from Blackmoon Castle, then everything is easy! I’ll give you two choices. First, kneel and surrender right now and throw your weapons away. I’ll let Nindy go. Otherwise, be prepared to collect the corpses of your family members. Second, I’ll cast a spell again and kill all of you. It’s your choice.”
Folson placed his blue staff on Nindy’s face and sneered. The sharp stone on his staff drew a bloody mark on the girl’s snow-white face.
“Stop!”
Vincent’s expression changed, but before he could say anything, Nindy shouted, “Eldest Brother, don’t believe him! Elder Folson just told those manor owners that he would never let you go. Even if you surrender, they will kill you and me after they reap all the benefits.”
“Shut up!” Folson growled as he kicked Nindy.
He brought her there to be a hostage and forced Blackmoon Castle to be afraid. How could he threaten them after what she had said? The people in Blackmoon Castle would probably fight to their death. He had spoken everything in vain. Folson was a little regretful; why was he so careless? He should have gagged the girl.
At that time, the manor owners and Nightingale were also there. They stood behind Folson.
“Master Wilber, it’s been a long time since we last met! Blackmoon Castle has no animosity with you, and I used to work in your manor. So why would you treat us like this?” Vincent was sad when he noticed Wilber.
“Why would I treat you like this? You should have predicted this day would come when you rejected your engagement with my daughter. You’re standing in our path to wealth, and you’re also in the way of the other manor owners. You’ll need to die.”
Wilder’s expression was cold. He turned his head away; he did not dare to look at Vincent. “It’s useless to say anything anymore. Elder Folson, do it! I hope that this time, you won’t disappoint me.”
Folson took a deep breath, raised his staff, and patted the small bag on his waist with his other hand.
With a flash of light, a golden potion appeared in his hand. He pulled the cork out with a pained expression. “This is what I get after working so hard on the missions at the Mage Guild. It’s supposed to be a life-saving item, and I didn’t expect to use it here!”
“Eldest Brother, you have to be careful.” Nindy looked at the thing in Folson’s hand; she turned her head and said, “This is a gold-tier potion. It’s a berserk potion called the golden demon. It’s a treasure that only the guild elders can exchange with points! It can raise a mage’s level to gold-tier for a short period, but it can only last for an hour. There is a side effect—they will be weakened for the next few months and will be bed-bound.”
“You know quite a lot!” Folson chuckled.
Before Folson could show off the powerful potion in his hand, Nindy had taken the words from his lips. However, he did not mind it. He drank the potion. “Even if you know about this potion, there is no way to stop it.”
Folson’s level was not high enough, so he had released a gold-tier spell with the blood sacrifice of 500 men. If he became a gold-tier mage, then he could cast a spell on his own.
“You should also be careful of his staff—the heart of the ocean. It is a silver-tier weapon. It has a 50 percent increase in the effectiveness of water element spells! His best spell is a silver-tier mine cannonball. He can summon a hundred of them at the same time. Each mine has an explosion range of five meters. Also, the backpack on his waist is a silver-tier spatial storage magic tool. Its Inside is—”
Nindy looked at Folson as she spoke.
“Shut up!”
Folson could not stand it anymore. He tolerated Nindy’s introduction for the potion’s effects, but he could not stand it when she exposed his background. He immediately growled, “Cover her mouth.”
The male mages went to cover the girl’s mouth, but Nindy bit them hard. She broke free and twisted her body backward as she shouted, “Listen to me! There are ten bronze scrolls and more than 20 iron-tier scrolls in his bag. They are all one-time spells. Apart from that, there are also a few bottles of recovery potions. This is not a secret in the Mage Guild. You have to be on guard!”
“Enough, you’re all a bunch of trash! Take her and keep her far away from here! You have no sense of judgment. Who told you to bring her here? A bunch of good-for-nothings. They are all good-for-nothings!”
Folson’s chest rose and fell violently. He was so angry that his lungs almost exploded.
‘Weren’t you the one who wanted Nindy here?’
The other mages did not dare to speak their mind when they realized that Folson was furious. They could only drag Nindy away obediently.
“No one can disturb me now. Blackmoon Castle, since you want to resist so stubbornly, then die!”
Folson touched his chest to calm his anger before he began to chant.
“Great Sea God, you are the incarnation of the water element! I am Folson, your humble servant, and I offer my faith to you. I hope that you can lower your divine power and turn into a silver snake that can destroy the world!”
“Gold-tier spell—Silver Serpent on the Raging Sea!”
The violent sea appeared with a giant silver snake and swept toward Blackmoon Castle. However, Watson had walked forward before the whole spell was formed. Then, he waved his hand and absorbed the violent sea. They did not even see a single wave.
“Are you done with your nonsense?”
Watson scratched his ears and felt the surging power in the source of magic. “If you’re done with your nonsense, then you can die.”