363 The Interlocking Plo (1/2)

Chapter 363: The Interlocking Plot

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

The blasts together with the tumbling flame were about to overwhelm Lucien. The gray slates covering the corridor were lifted fiercely with the great power, as if they were paper pieces. The bombing was deafening, so no screaming or crying could be heard.

However, when the flame and air billows were about to cover Lucien, they were instantly restrained inside an invisible cage, and thus Lucien was not hurt. In the cage, the white gas shining with the glow of fire simply could not move even an inch closer to Lucien.

The seventh-circle spell, Forcecage!

The person who was walking with Lucien was Raventi, the ninth-circle archmage, a member of the Highest Council, and the friend of the Astrologer, who was one of the leaders of Tower. Therefore, even though he did not specialize in the school of Astrology, Raventi still had the magic item enchanted with some precautionary spells. When the blond-haired sorcerer lowered his head, he immediately had the bad foreboding. In the next second, Raventi activated the spell, Forcecage, and it caged the blond-haired sorcerer within when the burning streaks of light first appeared.

Although the power of the explosion was astonishing, it was not magic. The air blast slowly died out, failing to do any damage to the magic cage. The fading sound from the air blast was full of desperation.

In front of the archmage, the middle-rank sorcerer's assassination did not work.

At this time, the movement of the dust in the air suddenly slowed down, and the colors in this space faded away.

The ninth-circle spell, Time Stop!

Lucien heard Donald's hoarse voice, ”All of you, leave the place.”

Unlike Raventi, Donald studied the school of Astrology, and he had rich experience in exploring the starry sky and the star tombs, therefore, his Host Star of Destiny was more sensitive than that of other people. He noticed that something was wrong even earlier than Raventi, however, the casting time of Time Stop was a second or two longer than that of other magic spells, so Raventi's Forcecage was first activated to win some time.

Lucien was a bit perplexed. He did not understand why Donald just asked them to leave. After all, the explosion had been stopped by Raventi's spell, why did Donald still choose to cast the ninth-circle spell? But Lucien still followed Donald's words, and, meanwhile, Bellak took a step forward to protect Lucien.

As soon as they started to retreat, Morris started to cast the weird spell which made him feel really dizzy. When Morris was prepared, Donald stopped the ninth-circle spell two seconds before it expired. The dust in the air started to roll and tumble again, but a half-transparent figure was pulled out of the flame and dust by an invisible power.

The ninth-circle Necromancy spell - Soul Bind!

Unlike the low-rank magic circles that shared the similar name with it, this ninth-circle spell could catch the soul before it dissolved in the air and trap it in a precious stone. Unless the spell-caster was an expert in the field of Necromancy, he or she must chant the spell first instead of directly activating it.

Lucien could see, although very blurry, that the soul of the blond-haired sorcerer was pulled into a flame-like ruby, screaming and crying. The ruby was thus covered with a layer of dark green light.

In front of an archmage, killing oneself was not even that easy!

”I'll figure this out.” Holding the precious stone, Morris walked to Lucien, ”Are you alright?”

”I'm…I'm okay.” Although Lucien was always quite calm and quick-reacted, in front of the three archmages, he still appeared to be rather slow.

At the same time, the rest of the leading sorcerers including Gaston and Florencia of the Will of Elements also came. They cared about Lucien, and they also wanted to know what just happened here. They could not believe that Lucien Evans, one of the senior members of the Will of Element, just encountered assassination in the headquarter.

This had to be thoroughly investigated!

”Stay where you are!” Bellak suddenly raised his hands to stop them.

The arcanists and sorcerers including Lucien, Morris, Donald, and Raventi all looked at Bellak, feeling very confused.

The look on Bellak's face was rather serious and he said at a fast pace, ”Forgive my rudeness, your Excellencies. The blond-haired sorcerer's target was for sure Mr. Evans. It seems that he is one of the sorcerers whose cognition world is permanently damaged because of Mr. Evans' discovery of the new particle, and he wanted to die with Mr. Evans in despair. In the past several hundred years, we have dealt with this kind of case multiple times, and it is not a big deal. However, the problem is - why the assassinator knew the time so well? Why he walked out of the demiplane warehouse only a few minutes after the meeting ended?”

The corridor along which the blond-haired sorcerer walked here was only connected to the demiplane warehouse, and the security on this floor was very strict - No one was allowed to wander around here. If the blond-haired sorcerer was doing an ambush in the corner, the patrolling golems and the built-in magic circles must have activated the alarm.

”So, my guess is that - At least one of the senior members in the Will of Elements was helping him! For Mr. Evans's safety, please stay no closer to him, your Excellencies, in case the real ringleader of the assassination can find the chance!”

Hearing what Bellak just said, the senior members of the Will of Elements were all very surprised and they looked at each other - His reasoning made sense! But who did it?

Subconsciously, they were divided into three groups, and they were on the alert toward each other. Only Raventi roared angrily, ”This's a shame! Shame!”

”Mr. Raventi, Mr. Donald, Mr. Morris, please launch the investigation as soon as possible. Mr. Evans should not stay here any longer, and I'll safeguard him back to Allyn.” suggested Bellak. He trusted the three archmages who just helped, especially Raventi.

Except for Lucien whose story was like a miracle, the rest of the senior members of the Will of Elements were at least senior-rank sorcerers. If there was a traitor among them, only the archmages could handle.