Warlock of the Magus World 1-596

by Wen Chao Gong

  “A rank 2 Magus? To think that the contingency plans that I had the A.I. Chip prepare in case of an emergency would have to be used now…” Leylin’s thoughts whirled about as he turned to watch the witch carefully.

  “Can you tell me the truth now?” Leylin’s voice was muffled as if he had lost all hope. “After all, we’re still allies!”

  “Other than the agreement on the making of the potion and how we were to divide them, there wasn’t any condition that said we couldn’t injure one another!”

  The old witch was still trembling incessantly as if she was about to topple to the ground and die any second. At the same time, however, she was extremely zealous, and her cheeks were flushed.

  “I’m willing to do anything for Jaye, much less sacrifice an ally like you that has wicked intentions!”

  “Jaye! She’s your daughter?” Leylin stared blankly. Immediately he turned his head towards Jaye, the black-cloaked person.

  Jaye nodded her head and removed the black gown she wore.

  A translucent image of a girl appeared in front of Leylin. The image had the appearance of a very young and pretty woman, and on her pretty face, one could still see some traces of how the old witch looked when she was in her youth.

  “Spirit bodies?” Leylin was stunned once more. He thought back to how Jaye had been silent the entire time, and how she even wore a thick pair of gloves. Of course, there should also have been other secret methods that were used, or else Leylin and Brass Ring, who had spent some time with her, would have discovered the abnormalities of Jaye’s body long before.

  “My poor daughter permanently lost her physical body after an accident during an experiment. All that I can do is to constantly transfuse spiritual force into her and prolong the amount of time that she can stay in this world…”

  The old witch’s eyes were glazed over as if she was reminiscing the past.

  “Even though Jaye is already dead, I have never given up on my wish to bring her back to life! By a stroke of fate, I remembered some materials about the ancient Spirit Slaying Sect that I had obtained when I was young. Their spirit transferring technique is definitely able to resurrect my daughter and help her regain a physical body!”

  “So you’ve been collecting spirits and continuously trying to unseal this Gargamel?”

  Leylin coldly inquired.

  “That’s right!” The old witch frankly admitted to it. “It is also thanks to your potions. Without them, Jaye’s spirit would not have been strengthened enough to allow her to withstand the transfer…”

  It seemed that all of the Tears of Mary potions that the old witch had received from Leylin had gone to Jaye.

  As a result, Jaye’s spirit was able to increase from that of an ordinary person to the level of an official Magus.

  “Also, in order to summon the Gargamel and resurrect Jaye, a few conditions need to be met!” Having planned this for decades and on the verge of seeing it succeed, the old witch was obviously in the mood to say everything that was on her mind.

  For some reason, the shadowy Gargamel did not make a move, and just waited as she spoke.

  “I need to initiate the process of summoning the Gargamel through the use of an official Magus who meets several stringent requirements, such as those in terms of aptitude and physique. In order to resurrect Jaye, these are the offerings required. Do you know how long it took me to look for you two offerings? Do you have any idea how long I waited for this moment?”

  The old witch’s expression became crazed. Without even waiting for Leylin to speak, she thundered, “53 years! To fulfil these conditions, I waited 53 whole years!”

  “In these 53 years, my darling Jaye suffered a lot…sob…sob… “

  At the climax of her narration, the old witch’s tears flowed down her face, while Jaye stood silently to one side.

  “All of my efforts have been rewarded. Now, my beloved daughter, Jaye, will be resurrected!!”

  Leylin silently listened on. Now, all was clear to him.

  Leylin was not angry about the fact that he and Brass Ring would be offerings.

  He’d never thought himself to be treasured by the heavens, where he would somehow be able to profit from unfortunate situations or turn misfortunes into blessings.

  Since he could scheme against others, others could obviously do the same.

  All he could do was to consider all of his options in advance and make sure that every step went as perfectly as was possible. This was so he would not be schemed against or made use of.

  “Honourable Gargamel, based on the rules for replacement, I present to you this Magus as an offering. In return, I want you to help my daughter regain a physical body.”

  The old witch was gasping for breath as she placed several bizarre items on the altar while she made her request.

  “This replacement is allowed!”

  From under the skull mask that the shadow was wearing, it seemed to be looking at Leylin and the others with a faint trace of mockery in its expression.

  The old witch who was kneeling on the ground, as well as Jaye, who seemed confused, did not notice this.

  “As much as I want to stay behind and watch the show, I’m sorry!”

  Leylin grinned as the large arm of the Gargamel approached him.

  Chapter 186 – Gravity Spell Formation

  “A.I. Chip, activate the gravity spell formation with maximum force!”

  Leylin violently roared inwardly.

  Meanwhile, his muscles swelled and a fine layer of black scales appeared on his body.

  His eyes changed to an amber colour and appeared to have a beast-like vertical pupil in them.

  Scales of Kemoyin and the Eye of Petrification!

  During this life-or-death situation, the current Leylin used both of his innate spells!

  Leylin’s vertical pupils focused on the chains and shackles that were binding him instead of the Gargamel.

  This Gargamel, at the very least, had the power of a rank 2 Magus and its spiritual force exceeded Leylin’s by several times. Using the Eye of Petrification on it would not be enough to close this difference in strength.

  And even if Leylin got closer and used the Eye of Petrification on him, it would still only cause him an unfortunate consequence; the Gargamel would devour his spirit!

  *Pa! Pa! Pa!*

  The chains and shackles that bound him turned gray under the gaze of the Eye of Petrification.

  They disintegrated all over the ground as Leylin flexed his arms.

  At the same time, a reverse symbol ‘j’ became bright and visible on his clothes.

  A strong attraction force acted on Leylin’s body and pulled him away so hard that he was almost flying as he moved backwards.

  The speed of this ‘flight’ was 4-5 times more than when he had used a spell to flee.

  The old witch and Jaye only saw a black flash; Leylin had already vanished without a trace in front of their eyes.

  “No…” The old witch issued a hissing roar.

  Jaye wore a complicated expression on her face, as if she had lost all hope, and heaved a despairing sigh.

  “The materials for the replacement has disappeared. But the ceremony has already started and must not be interrupted. Start using other materials instead…”

  The Gargamel only watched from a distance the spot from where Leylin had vanished but did not chase after him. Instead, he said a few words that caused the expressions on the old witch and Jaye’s face to drastically change.

  “No…”

  Together with the unceasing spell which was being dispelled, a shriek filled with hopelessness and despair rang out, piercing through the entire mountain of white bones.

  ……

  *Bang!*

  A huge explosion erupted and the spell formation laid on top of the white ground in the garden shattered.

  Meanwhile, a black human shadow was drawn to this place and created a deep indent as it smashed into the ground due to the huge gravitatio
nal force.

  “Cough Cough…”

  At the bottom of a huge pit, Leylin fiercely spat out a mouthful of sand and pebbles. Upon seeing the strange angle his right arm was in, he smiled wryly.

  “The A.I. Chip recovered only a portion of the ancient gravity spell formation, and using it so rashly obviously resulted in this situation. If not for my innate spell, I’m likely to have suffered far more than just a broken arm.”

  Despite the grimace on his face, he jumped out of this large pit quickly and observed his surroundings. This was the place where he had fought with the vengeful spirit, the Loathsome Evil, and also where he had arranged his spell model.

  “This gravity spell formation was truly set up perfectly!”

  Leylin sighed regretfully, and immediately commanded, “A.I. Chip, analyse the map and find the most optimal route to exit the secret plane!”

  Previously, upon the spirit altar, Leylin had seen something similar to a map of the secret plane.

  Due to his cautiousness, he had immediately asked the A.I. Chip to make a record of the map and compare it with the map made from routes he had travelled. As expected, the result was that he obtained a complete map — the entire map of the secret plane!

  The gravity spell formation here was an ancient spell that he had upgraded himself.

  He had only seen the original model of this spell in the ancient books at the Four Seasons Garden, and many parts of it were already badly damaged.

  Even with the A.I. Chip’s help he only had one complete portion, which only held 30 to 40% of the original power of the spell formation.

  But this 30 to 40% power was enough to cause Leylin much happiness and was one of his hidden trump cards.

  This gravity spell formation model was able to create a powerful gravitational force, which would forcibly pull magic artifacts or lifeforms that had previously been engraved onto a place where the gravity spell formation had been set up.

  Due to its utilisation of many ancient techniques the force of attraction was very powerful, and its speed was extremely high! Even a rank 2 Magus would be helpless against it.

  If previously Leylin had the assurance of 10% success in fleeing from a rank 2 Magus, then after he had properly set up the gravitational spell, this probability of success could increase to 40% or even more!

  [Map imported and the optimal route has been found!]

  The A.I. Chip computed quickly and the map of the secret plane was projected clearly in Leylin’s field of view. In it, a red line marked the route from Leylin’s current position to the oil painting, which was the entrance to the plane.

  *Jiji!* Just then, from the Gargamel’s location, a loud, weird noise could be heard. Then a black shadow became larger and larger and finally unfurled itself within the sky.

  *Crash!* It was as if the entire sky in the secret plane had been ripped apart, exposing a pitch-black hole, and many blood red lightning bolts and thunder hacked at this black shadow.

  The shadow wore a strange skull mask and struck out at the constantly roaring lightning and thunder.

  The repercussions of this fight, caused everything to be turned to dust wherever it landed. And the battlefield slowly expanded, reaching to the location where Leylin was.

  “Run!”

  Seeing this apocalypse-like scene, Leylin did not think for long, and immediately broke into a run.

  On the way, the ground began to split open, and many trestles and stone sculptures fell to the ground. This scene was as if the world was ending.

  Leylin ran with lightning-fast speed and his body was constantly covered with the Scales of Kemoyin. At high speed, all that could be seen was a long, black afterimage.

  *Swish!*

  Leylin quickly passed through a metal tunnel, and ahead of him was a dead-end. A thick layer of metal had completely sealed this passage.

  But Leylin’s expression did not vary in the least; flickering constantly, he rapped at a few points at the wall.

  *Rumble rumble!* Along with a loud noise of a machine, The metal in front of Leylin split open with a deafening mechanical noise, exposing a silver passage.

  Written in the ancient Byron language was a sign on one side of the tunnel that read: “Tunnel made for emergency exit, specifically for lab employees!”

  Leylin’s blue eyes flashed and, without hesitation, he rushed through this passage.

  The silver passage quickly flashed past Leylin.

  Immediately, the A.I. Chip’s voice intoned, causing Leylin’s footsteps to halt.

  [Discovered hidden compartment. It wasn’t recorded in the map previously. Do you want to continue through that way or not?]

  “Hidden compartment? And the map on the spirit altar did not have a record of it? The level of secrecy of this compartment must be very high.”

  Leylin glanced at the passage behind him with concern, sprinted forth, and a small door suddenly appeared on the silver wall.

  The room behind the door was very narrow. It was a compartment of a few square meters in area and at its center was a very simple and mysterious ancient spell formation.

  This spell model was built entirely using a black stone and on its surface were all kinds of symbols which Leylin could not understand. All around this spell model were tall obelisks.

  Leaning on one of the obelisks was a corpse.

  This corpse was wearing a black gown that was lushly and delicately embroidered. More importantly was that even after such a long time had passed the clothes still had a bright and beautiful luster.

  “This definitely was a very important person!” Seeing this corpse, Leylin inwardly exclaimed.

  “A.I. Chip, record the patterns on the spell model” Leylin issued an order then he crouched down next to the corpse, and began fumbling about its clothes.

  Some miscellaneous items and a torn diary made of parchment paper fell into Leylin’s hands.

  [The spell model’s formation and the runes have already been recorded.]

  After hearing the A.I. Chip’s intonation, Leylin immediately left the secret compartment. All of these took place in less than 15 seconds of time.

  Leylin tapped on another wall of the secret compartment, then he quickly ran away.

  And behind him, with a rumbling noise, the secret compartment door closed and a white light was emitted throughout the entire passage. Nobody could tell he had been in there.

  ……

  Rays of bright sunlight shone down.

  It was already daytime in the small town, but, because of the old witch’s potion, the populace was in a state of deep sleep.

  This situation had already been discovered by the surrounding villagers and the rumors spread about very fast.

  Of course, due to the fact that there were limitations in communication and reasons of time, the extent to which these rumors were spread was very small and did not attract the interest of even an acolyte.

  Now, the small town gained the reputation of being a ghost town.