Warlock of the Magus World 1-596

by Wen Chao Gong

  *Ka-Cha* The Seated Lupin Wolf dropped its jaws and opened its gory mouth as it placed the scorpion into its jaws. The razor sharp mandible continued to chew, bringing along the snapping sounds of the scorpion’s bones being crunched.

  “Such a life form can be settled by the Seated Lupin Wolf. However, dangerous creatures such as the Kary Vultures must be dealt by us personally!”

  Lancey slighted nudged her steed forward and said to the Magi behind her.

  “This is…”

  Where the Seated Lupin Wolf had attacked earlier, it sent a huge amount of sand flying in the air and Leylin spotted several grains of gold within it.

  He reached his hand forward and grasp a handful of gold sand in his hands.

  In the middle of the normal grains of sand, several golden grains were mixed in with it. Its weight was also heavier than the others by a large margin.

  “Golden sand?”

  Leylin looked at the gold which seemed to be alluring and was somewhat speechless.

  “Golden Desert, this here is the real Golden Desert!”

  “If it was the secular world, it will definitely cause chaos. A pity, however…”

  With a look of contempt, Leylin flung the gold sand back onto the ground.

  To magicians, only the magic crystals, the ingredients which could stimulate the spiritual force and the various advanced information was considered to be the real currency!

  As for the gold belonging the secular world, apart from its uses as an ingredient, it was no different from regular metals.

  Moreover, the Golden Desert was situated inside the Great Canyon Margaret, an area forbidden to regular humans. To traverse it also required the employment of the highly expensive Seated Lupin Wolves.

  Thinking of the cost of excavation would already frighten the kings in many dukedoms!

  Leylin only felt some pity regarding the golden sand, but he very soon regained his composure.

  The A.I. Chip’s detection had been activated by him all along as his eyes surveyed the surroundings. In the Golden Desert, one must always be on alert.

  The six giant, icy-blue wolves seemed to be six small boats in the Golden Desert as they continuously plodded on.

  After the sky gradually darkened, the temperature in the desert also dropped.

  At this moment, the Seated Lupin Wolf gave off warmth; their furs also turned back to black, as if storing the heat from day time.

  “Today, I shall stand guard during the night!”

  After Leylin had built his tent, an official Magus present among them all, said so.

  There was a total of 6 in the group. Leylin, Lancey, the old leader, and the huge bloke and two others who remained silent most of the time. The one who spoke was one of these two.

  These two Magi had grey robes on at all times, and seldom spoke. Their personality was also extremely antisocial. Up till now, Leylin managed to exchange two sentences with only one of the two.

  “We will count on you!” Lancey did not look too good, her face appeared tired as she went into her tent.

  During the day, she had used her spiritual force to scan the surroundings for any activity going on. Now, she urgently needed to rest and meditate to recover her spiritual force.

  As Leylin had the A.I. Chip to help with his tasks, his mental state was still doing fine. Yet he still put on a false impression of being weary.

  “Are you not going to rest awhile?” Leylin appeared in front of one of those official Magi and casually spoke to him.

  “I need not rest. I have these. Come out, my little babies!”

  The Magus on night duty gave a deep laughter as his pair of arms performed a strange gesture.

  *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* A layer of Earth element particles continued to emanate from his body.

  The surrounding sand rose up by a layer. After which, it was quickly broken, revealing a dozen yellow slates.

  These muddy yellow slates each had a human face on it. Some were young, some were old. They even a pair of slim arms and legs. Just like a gingerbread man.

  “Father! We await your commands!” A dozen stone slate people knelt on one knee in front of the Magus on night duty.

  “Very well, you all shall guard the night for me. You are in charge of…” The night guard Magus nodded his head and unrestrainedly began giving out orders.

  “Sentinel Slates?” Leylin was bewildered.

  These creatures were very similar to the Sentinel Slates in the database of the A.I. Chip, yet it seemed like a creature of a higher level.

  “It’s a rank 1 Sentinel Slate but they have undergone modifications from me!” The night duty Magus declared proudly.

  After becoming an official Magus, magicians will often attempt to modify and improve some rank 1 spells and even the rank 0 spells of acolytes.

  Once they were successful, it could absolutely turn into a unique trump card. Or it could be sold in exchange for a large amount of resources.

  A pity that these things and finding replacement potions were the same. Unless one was extremely lucky to chance across it, or only after undergoing a vast amount of experiments, would it be possible to see results.

  “It’s really quite a remarkable spell!” Several traces of admiration, which was just right, appeared on Leylin’s face, turning the gaze of the spell caster gentler towards him.

  “Let’s go! The Sentinel Slates originally have to use of acting as a warning. After my modification, their detection abilities can span a dozen miles…” The Magus on night duty said.

  Leylin looked at the Sentinel Slates, which, having received orders, hurriedly ran to the outer area of the camp encirclement, using the sand to conceal their own bodies.

  Along with the sand that continuously trickled down, the energy waves of the slate got smaller, finally turning into an untraceable spell. Leylin could not help but approve in silence.

  Any Magus would have their own trump card. Once they were disregarded, it would definitely be a painful experience.

  Deep in the night, Leylin who was in a light sleep heard an ear-piercing scream.

  “Hurry, get up. We have trouble!”

  The earlier Magus, who was on guard duty, went into the individual tents and his face showing utter exasperation.

  “What happened?” Lancey’s expression was the worst. There were several spots on her body where the robes were not yet arranged, as it revealed her alluring flesh. A pity nobody at the scene bothered to have another look.

  140 - The Golden Giant

  “A Golden Giant is in the process of moving towards us!”The Magus on night duty exclaimed hurriedly. “The Sentinel Slate used to alert the others have been completely eaten by it, too!”

  “Fuck!”

  After hearing these words ’Golden Giant’, Leylin quickly heard the startled oaths of nearby Magi.

  The Golden Giant was a type of elemental species. Its power was close to that of a fully converted elemental Magus. On top of that, it has its own unique racial talents. Only a rank 2 Magus had the capabilities to thoroughly kill or banish it.

  “Wasn’t it said that the Golden Giants from the Golden Desert are extinct? Furthermore, it appeared conveniently in our way. “

  The old leader clenched his jaws in a state of madness. His eyes emitted a green radiance.

  “Can we avoid it for the time being?”

  Lancey suggested. “The Golden Desert is so huge, he might not be able to find us!”

  “I am afraid not!” Leylin was the first to interject. “The Golden Giants have a natural instinct to chase species with high energy levels. The energy propagating from our bodies acts like a lamp in the darkness for the giant’s eyes. The more we move, the more likely the Golden Giant will assault us!”

  “If that is the case what should we do?” A look of despair appeared on Lancey’s face. “Unless we have a rank 2 Magus within our party, we will all fail to escape the assault of the Golden Giant….”

  There is a large gulf of difference i
n power level between the official Magi of different rankings

  Leylin and his party of six were only slightly stronger than a rank 1 Magus. They would even have difficulties going head on with a semi converted elemental Magus. They had no chance of surviving an encounter with a fully converted elemental Golden Giant.

  Semi elemental conversions refer to Magi whose elemental essence conversion has reached a level of 50% and above. At this stage, their increase in magical power due to the elemental essence conversion starts to become very obvious. When faced with budding Warlocks, they held a great advantage.

  While Leylin was still an acolyte, he had an encounter with a semi converted storm elemental sprite while on the dirigible. If not for the fact that there was a large gathering of Magi from the different academies, the only outcome would have been death.

  In the current predicament, Leylin had to face something far more powerful and dangerous than the semi converted storm elemental sprite.

  “Perhaps, we should scatter and escape in different directions…”

  The large bloke hesitated for a while before suggesting.

  Upon hearing the suggestion, the Magi present entered a state of silence and eyes started flickering nonstop.

  “Are you people mad?”

  The old geezer interrupted the large bloke in a fit of anger. “If we fled in different directions, can you guarantee that you individuals are lucky enough to escape the assault of the Golden Giant? Furthermore, what will you do after you reach the Kary Vultures’ territory?”

  The two sharp questions abruptly brought about a deeper silence.

  After fleeing in different directions, they could once again head towards the intended destination. If they were lucky, there was even a chance of heading back to Broken Axe Pub.

  However, this was only the last resort. The Magi will not accept their foul fate just like that.

  “Quick! Another three of my babies are dead!” The night shift Magus said with a heavier breath than before.

  “Maybe we could use the Sentinel Slate along with a rune which dissipates energy continuously to distract the Golden Giant. While it is distracted, we could do our best to restrain the energy emitted from our bodies and sneak away… If it fails, we could do as mentioned earlier and scatter in different directions…”

  In the midst of silence. Leylin suddenly spoke up.

  “Although this plan is unreliable, we obviously have no better options…”

  The old geezer let out a sign of deep resignation and pointed at Leylin. “We will do as he says! I happen to have the material for a few Sentinel Slates…”

  Following which, he handed out vials filled with grey powders to the night shift Magus.

  Having looked at the materials handed out by the old geezer, the night shift Magus displayed a look of unwillingness. However, he still received the materials from the old geezer. “Alright, let’s try it! But I cannot guarantee that it will work!”

  Soon after the chants from the nightshift Magus, a few pieces of Sentinel Slates that resembled the destroyed one rose up from the sands.

  At this moment, the people in the camp could clearly see a golden glow appearing in the eastern direction.

  This glow was like the sun dissipating the darkness and brought about a glimmer of warmth.

  In front of the solar disk was the colossal shadow of a giant.

  The giant’s body radiated a golden light. It was armoured very simply. A leather armour on this upper body with an iron hoop in the middle that joined the two shoulder pads.

  On the shoulders rested the head of the giant with rigid face lines that looked like it was caused by the scrapes and slashes of weapons. The tangerine hair on top of its head looked like it was burning mightily.

  [Beep! High energy species life form spotted, determined to be a Golden Giant, recommended to leave immediately!]

  At the same instant, the A.I. chip displayed out of a red warning screen.

  “Quick! Quick!” The old geezer’s voice was filled with urgency.

  “I know a few energy concentration runes, hopefully, it is of use!” The other usually quiet Magus stood up and said. Following which he applied what looked like a mixture of circular and triangular runes on the Sentinel Slate.

  After the rune was inscribed, it radiated brightly and suddenly a power energy surged out from the Sentinel Slate. This enormous energy fluctuated chaotically causing the Golden Giant to let out a roar and accelerate towards it.

  “Nice! It grabbed the Golden Giant’s attention!” Lancey exclaimed happily.

  “Let’s add this on top!” Leylin uncorked a red test tube and poured its content on the inscribed Sentinel Slate.

  After the liquid from the red test tube assimilated fully into the Sentinel Slate, the Sentinels let out angry snarls and transformed to be bigger and with stronger limbs.

  “Hopefully, this will help them hold out longer!”

  Leylin tossed away the empty test tube. The energy propagating out of his body was reduced from that of an official Magus to a normal person.

  This was done using the Transfiguration Spell. It diluted the level of energy propagating from his body.

  After which, he went over to his Seated Lupin Wolf, placed a cover over the wolf’s mouth and gave it a pat on its head.

  The Seated Lupin Wolf seemed to be aware of the presence of the incoming Golden Giant. It got low to the floor with limbs trembling and waited for Leylin’s command.

  The other Magus followed Leylin’s action.

  They also used the protection of the environment to conceal their whole body.

  Finally, the Golden Giant was nearer to the camp. It was less than only 500 metres away!

  At this sort of distance, Leylin was able to see clearly every single hair on the giant.

  “It’s up to you now, babies, attack!”

  “Attack! For our father!”

  The burly and buffed up Sentinel Slates roared. Some of them rushed head on towards the Golden Giant while the others split up and ran in different directions.

  Whether it was the brave Sentinels Slates who charged heads on towards the Golden Giant or the others who ran in different directions, their bodies carried a large source of energy which pulsated out of them. The energy was almost like that of a rank 1 Magus.

  “kjfl” The Golden Giant let out an unknown type of shout as if swearing.

  It stretched out its large palms in a posture like it was hiding the sky and covering the earth. It pushed against the ground and dredged up the earth.

  A few of the Sentinels were picked up by the Golden Giant

  “For glory! For protection!”

  The Sentinel Slates roared as their little fists rained down upon the giant’s large arm.

  “Creak Crunch!” The large Golden Giant placed the captured Sentinels directly into the mouth. It sounded as if he was chewing through biscuits.