Chapter 60 - Level 27 [p12]. More "hunting" and finally... (2/2)

”I thought that was a myth. Even if she is an AI, she shouldn't be capable of rewiring the Universe.”

”When your IQ passes six digits, you become pretty overpowered.”

Markus was opening and closing his mouth, hoping to say something, but he couldn't. After ten minutes of silence, he finally sighed and tiredly sat near Dark.

”What's the plan, Dark?”

”Well, if we catch him, he is dead. But catching him is a problem. In this Universe, he won't be able to reach godhood and looking at his current power level, even you can defeat him with proper preparation. So, we need to come up with something that will help us in tracking him down.”

”You mean building an intelligence unit here?”

*In the meantime, somewhere in Turkey*

I, Bucky, and Blacky were quickly moving towards China, stopping only to buy maps in the biggest cities.

During the day, I leveled up my ”Riding Expertise” which gave me that last bit of experience to cross over level 28. And although it was a relatively fast level up, to me it felt like an eternity passed, thanks to all the running from Order, fighting and robbing the cities.

As for why China? Well, that country is the greatest mystery in wizarding circles due to how closed off their magical commune is. So, I thought, escaping there might be a good idea.

Based on the research I did prior to my decision of traveling there:

”China is the only country that houses 3 magical schools.

The first ones are Sword Riders of the east, also known as prodigies in terms of magical craft. They were also known as cultivators, but that was misinterpreted as becoming stronger by collecting energy inside their bodies. What they cultivated were their swords.

In a sense, their swords were similar to an energy core to which many other artifacts could be attached. And throughout their life they were enchanting and improving their swords with different modules, making them faster, stronger and etc.

The second group is Martial Artists who spend their life learning self-transfiguration but compared to African shamans who walk the path of Animagi, they forged their own path. That path was to forge their body into a true definition of a weapon. Iron Fist wasn't just a metaphorical move in their commune.

You might have noticed how fight oriented the first two schools, right? Well, that's because they were in the state of war for more than 5 centuries and the war was finally stopped by combined efforts of the Chinese Magical Ministry and the Monks.

Thanks to that China entered a relatively peaceful era, with all 3 schools in balance. However, that peace was achieved only recently, which explains why their community started opening up to the rest of the world only now.”

What I recited was basically the only information known about China, cited from the notes of the famous Italian explorer(obviously a wizard). I was quite shocked when I found these notes in the book store in Florence. I instantly bought it together with a bunch of other books.

These notes contained a lot of useful information about dozen of countries across the world including entering points, big magical gatherings and description of famous magicians. Overall, this was a treasure for a guy like me who wished to travel across the world.

But enough of that. Back to traveling to China!

All that sword riding and whatnot can be interesting to learn, so I might enter one of the schools, but my prior reason is how isolated the community is. There I can safely train for the next 3 or 4 years, without worrying about my pursuers.

Finally, some peace.